Contains
- water-cooled reactor
Nuclear reactor using water as a coolant.
- moderator
Any substance used to slow down neutrons in nuclear reactors.
- breeder reactor
A nuclear reactor that produces more fissile material than it burns.
- core
The chamber of a nuclear reactor containing the fissile material where the reaction takes ...
- control rod
A steel or aluminum rod that can be moved up or down to control the rate of the nuclear...
- thermal reactor
A nuclear reactor in which nuclear fissions are caused by neutrons that are slowed...
- gas-cooled reactor
A nuclear reactor using gas as a coolant.
- liquid metal reactor
A nuclear reactor using liquid metal as a coolant.
- thermonuclear reactor
A nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fusion to generate energy.
- atomic pile
A nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy.
- fast reactor
Nuclear reactor in which nuclear fissions are caused by fast neutrons because little...