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Parent topics

• Nuclear power reconsidered [r]: a reconsideration of nuclear power plants (using non-explosive nuclear reactions to make steam, which in turn is used to generate electricity) in light of current world factors ^[e]
• Nuclear_fission [r]: A reaction by which a nucleus of a suitable isotope of an element with a high atomic number splits into two nuclei of lower atomic numbers and one or more neutrons and a relatively large release of energy per atom. ^[e]
• Radioactivity [r]: The property of the unstable nuclei of chemical elements to decay into another isotope, emitting energy or particles ^[e]
• Steam generator [r]: A device that uses a heat source to boil liquid water and convert it into its vapor phase, referred to as steam. ^[e]

Other related topics

• Boiling Water Reactor [r]: (BWR) A type of nuclear power reactor in which the heat of the reactor is applied directly to the water that becomes steam and spins the turbine; the water, and eventually the turbine, becomes radioactive ^[e]
• Nuclear power plant steam generation

Articles related by keyphrases (Bot populated)

• CANDU [r]: A pressurized heavy water reactor (PHWR), initially developed in the late 1950's in Canada. ^[e]
• Boiling Water Reactor [r]: (BWR) A type of nuclear power reactor in which the heat of the reactor is applied directly to the water that becomes steam and spins the turbine; the water, and eventually the turbine, becomes radioactive ^[e]
• Fast neutron reactor [r]: a nuclear reactor in which the fission chain reaction is sustained by fast neutrons, as opposed to thermal neutrons, requiring fuel rich in fissile material and not requiring a neutron moderator. ^[e]