Although to most the term ‘fission reactor’ brings to mind something close to the commonly operated light-water reactors (LWRs) which operate using plain water (H 2 O) as coolant and with ...

Yet despite improvements in the design of nuclear-fission reactors, there remain public concerns about their safety and the waste that they produce. Many have suggested that harnessing nuclear ...

Most new nuclear fission reactors being built today are of the light water reactor (LWR) type, which use water for neutron moderation into thermal neutrons as well as neutron capture. While ...

Many of the features of the reactor are designed to control the speed of the reaction and the temperature inside the shielding. An uncontrolled fission reaction is the basis of an atomic bomb.

During nuclear fission, large amounts of heat energy ... What is a Pebble-bed Module nuclear reactor? Conventional nuclear ...

Many of the features of the reactor are designed to control the speed of the reaction and the temperature inside the shielding. An uncontrolled fission reaction is the basis of an atomic bomb.

The solution to today’s need for an increased steady, reliable supply of electrical generation is nuclear fission reactors. Nuclear-generated electricity has been around more than 60 years.

In an attempt to bring experimental conditions closer to those needed for a compact spherical tokamak-based fusion neutron source that could be used as a driver in a hybrid fusion-fission reactor ...

A nuclear fusion reaction can release tremendous amounts of energy. The sun, stars and thermonuclear warheads (H Bombs) are all powered by nuclear fusion. Conventional nuclear power stations convert ...

Nuclear fission power plants have the disadvantage of generating unstable nuclei; some of these are radioactive for millions of years. Fusion on the other hand does not create any long-lived ...