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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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Kinetic energy
Energy; Nuclear energy
The energy that a body possesses by virtue of its mass and velocity. Also called the energy of motion.
Isotopic enrichment
Energy; Nuclear energy
A process by which the relative abundance of the isotopes of a given element are altered, thus producing a form of the element that has been enriched in one particular isotope and depleted in its ...
Isotope separation
Energy; Nuclear energy
The process of separating isotopes from one another, or changing their relative abundances, as by gaseous diffusion or electromagnetic separation. Isotope separation is a step in the isotopic ...
Ionising radiation
Energy; Nuclear energy
Alpha particles, beta particles, gamma rays, x-rays, neutrons, high-speed electrons, high-speed protons, and other particles capable of producing ions. Radiation does not include non-ionizing ...
Isotope
Energy; Nuclear energy
Two or more forms (or atomic configurations) of a given element that have identical atomic numbers (the same number of protons in their nuclei) and the same or very similar chemical properties but ...
Irradiation
Energy; Nuclear energy
Exposure to ionising radiation. Irradiation may be intentional, such as in cancer treatments or in sterilising medical instruments. Irradiation may also be accidental, such as being exposed to an ...
Iodine spiking factor
Energy; Nuclear energy
The magnitude of a rapid, short-term increase in the appearance rate of radioiodine in the reactor coolant system. This increase is generally caused by a reactor transient that results in a rapid ...
