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{{short description|NASA project aimed at producing a nuclear reactor for space}} {{Infobox nuclear reactor ...

...s a [[scalar (physics)|scalar]] quantity used in [[nuclear physics]] and [[nuclear reactor physics]]. It is the total distance travelled by all free [[neutron ...utrons, velocity, time).<ref>{{cite book | author = M. F. Kaplan | title = Nuclear Radiation and the Properties of Concrete | date = August 1983 | url = https ...

{{Short description|1960s NASA program which developed and tested nuclear reactors for satellites}} ...tope thermoelectric generator]]s (RTGs) and [[Nuclear power in space|space nuclear reactor]]s flown during the 1960s by [[NASA]]. ...

{{Original research|date=December 2016}} ...tion of thermionic nuclear fuel elements directly into the core of nuclear reactors for production of electrical power in space.<ref> ...

{{Main|Nuclear power}} ...e permanently shutdown on 6 August 2011, following the [[Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster]] in [[Japan]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iaea.org/programmes ...

...resonance]] (NMR) machines, magnetic confinement [[nuclear fusion|fusion]] reactors (e.g. [[tokamak]]s), and the beam-steering and focusing magnets used in [[p ===Magnetic resonance imaging and nuclear magnetic resonance=== ...

...right|200px|A residential [[smoke detector]] is the most familiar piece of nuclear technology for some people.]] ...nuclear technologies are [[nuclear reactors]], [[nuclear medicine]] and [[nuclear weapon]]s. It is also used, among other things, in [[smoke detector]]s and ...

..., 9 October 2009.</ref><ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8297934.stm "Tiny 'nuclear batteries' unveiled"]. ''BBC News'', Thursday, 8 October 2009.</ref><ref>{{ ...any types and methods have been designed to extract electrical energy from nuclear sources. The scientific principles are well known, but modern nano-scale te ...

...Chemical Weapons Convention]] and the [[Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Webb |first1=Amy |title=The Next Pandemic == Nuclear == ...

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...y far the worst emitter, followed by [[natural gas]], with solar, wind and nuclear all low-carbon. Hydropower, biomass, geothermal and ocean power may general ...n. Similarly, due to the time frame over which the studies were conducted, nuclear [[Generation II reactor]]'s {{CO2}}e results are presented and not the glob ...

...h the symbol '''''Q''''', is the ratio of [[fusion power]] produced in a [[nuclear fusion]] reactor to the power required to maintain the [[Plasma physics|pla ...cool without external heating. With typical fuels, self-heating in fusion reactors is not expected to match the external sources until at least ''Q''&nbsp;≈&n ...

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...sometimes referred to as a radioisotope power system (RPS), is a type of [[nuclear battery]] that uses an array of [[thermocouple]]s to convert the [[Decay he ...led by Dr. Bertram C. Blanke.<ref name="BlankeEtAl1960">{{cite book |title=Nuclear Battery-Thermocouple Type Summary Report |url=https://doi.org/10.2172%2F480 ...

...cale power system analysis, system security and optimal control of nuclear reactors<ref name="Brief Profile of the Awardee">{{Cite web |url=http://ssbprize.gov ...rial Research]], the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology ...

| label4 =Nuclear ...Canada, Australia, Niger and Kazakhstan were the five largest suppliers of nuclear materials to the EU, supplying more than 75% of the total needs in 2009.<re ...

...tude of the energy released, these types of reactions are: [[Nuclear power|nuclear]], [[Chemical energy|chemical]], [[Electrochemistry|electrochemical]], and [[Nuclear reaction]]s take place in stars and nuclear power plants, both of which derive energy from the binding energy of nuclei ...

In 1957, a General Electric research group developed the first [[thyristor]] suitable for use in power applicati ...ted using [[fossil fuel]] (including coal, gas and oil) or [[nuclear power|nuclear energy]] to falling water ([[hydroelectric power]]) and wind ([[wind power] ...

...include the production of [[Renewable energy|renewable]], [[nuclear power|nuclear]], and [[fossil fuel]] derived sources of energy, and for the [[Waste heat| ...]], the natural gas industry, the [[electrical power industry]], and the [[nuclear industry]]. New energy industries include the [[renewable energy industry]] ...