Nuclear energy

Nuclear energy

Nuclear binding energy is the energy required to split a nucleus of an atom into its component parts. The component parts are neutrons and protons, which are collectively called nucleons. The binding energy of nuclei is always a positive number, since all nuclei require net energy to separate them into individual protons and neutrons.

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Force-on-force (FOF)

Energy; Nuclear energy

Inspections designed to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of a licensee's security force and ability to defend a nuclear power plant and other nuclear facilities against a design-basis threat. ...

Film badge

Energy; Nuclear energy

Photographic film used to measure exposure to ionising radiation for purposes of personnel monitoring. The film badge may contain two or three films of differing sensitivities, and it may also ...

Nuclear power plant

Energy; Nuclear energy

An electrical generating facility using a nuclear reactor as its heat source to provide steam to a turbine generator.

Nuclear steam supply system

Energy; Nuclear energy

The reactor and the reactor coolant pumps (and steam generators for a pressurised water reactor) and associated piping in a nuclear power plant used to generate the steam needed to drive the turbine ...

Thermal neutron

Energy; Nuclear energy

A neutron that has (by collision with other particles) reached an energy state equal to that of its surroundings, typically on the order of 0.025 eV (electron volts).

Net electric generation

Energy; Nuclear energy

The gross amount of electric energy produced by a generating station, minus the amount used to operate the station. Note: Electricity required for pumping at pumped-storage plants is regarded as ...