List of nuclear research reactors information

annotated list of all the nuclear fission-based nuclear research reactors in the world, sorted by country, with operational status. Some "research" reactors were...

capacity of 68 GW and 90 GW, respectively, while 343 more reactors are proposed. For non-power reactors, see List of nuclear research reactors. For fuel...

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Research reactors are nuclear fission-based nuclear reactors that serve primarily as a neutron source. They are also called non-power reactors, in contrast...

223 nuclear research reactors in operation around the world. In the early era of nuclear reactors (1940s), a reactor was known as a nuclear pile or atomic...

universal feature of civilian nuclear reactors. Much of the research in civilian nuclear reactors is for designs with passive nuclear safety features that...

1⁄2 of the core. Many research reactors (particularly university reactors) go decades without refueling due to the high energy density of nuclear fuel...

IV, thermal-neutron reactors, fast-neutron reactors, molten salt, and gas-cooled reactor models. Military specified small reactors were first designed...

rate of fission in a nuclear reactor for the production of energy. Most nuclear reactors use a chain reaction to induce a controlled rate of nuclear fission...

The Nyongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center (녕변원자력연구소) is North Korea's major nuclear facility, operating its first nuclear reactors. It is located...

operates a single research reactor, Maria. It has no operational nuclear reactors for power production, but is to start construction of a plant with three...

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has 23 nuclear reactors in operation in 8 nuclear power plants, with a total installed capacity of 7,380 MW. Nuclear power produced a total of 43 TWh...

operating Canadian nuclear reactors are a type of pressurized heavy-water reactor (PHWR) of domestic design, the CANDU reactor. CANDU reactors have been exported...

Mervin, Evelyn (July 13, 2011). "Nature's Nuclear Reactors: The 2-Billion-Year-Old Natural Fission Reactors in Gabon, Western Africa". blogs.scientificamerican...

Generation IV (Gen IV) reactors are nuclear reactor design technologies that are envisioned as successors of generation III reactors. The Generation IV International...

first-generation nuclear reactors. A nuclear power plant cannot explode like a nuclear weapon because the fuel for uranium reactors is not enriched enough...

priority in Japan. As of March 2020[update], of the 54 nuclear reactors in Japan, there were 42 operable reactors but only 9 reactors in 5 power plants were...

accidents involving fissile nuclear material or nuclear reactors. Military accidents are listed at List of military nuclear accidents. Civil radiation...

nuclear reactors and a significant learning phase followed with many early partial core meltdowns and accidents at experimental reactors and research...

A breeder reactor is a nuclear reactor that generates more fissile material than it consumes. These reactors can be fueled with more-commonly available...

crewed lunar missions. Small fission reactors for Earth observation satellites, such as the TOPAZ nuclear reactor, have also been flown. A radioisotope...

output of 64 MWth / 16 MWe. List of commercial nuclear reactors List of nuclear research reactors Hydrogen-moderated self-regulating nuclear power module...

many as thirty nuclear power reactors in countries involved in the Belt and Road Initiative by 2030. By mid-century fast neutron reactors are seen as the...

United States, nuclear power is provided by 92 commercial reactors with a net capacity of 94.7 gigawatts (GW), with 61 pressurized water reactors and 31 boiling...

electricity from fusion power remains the focus of international research. Most nuclear power plants use thermal reactors with enriched uranium in a once-through...