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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Feedwater

Energy; Nuclear energy

Water supplied to the reactor pressure vessel in a boiling-water reactor (BWR) or the steam generator in a pressurized-water reactor (PWR) that removes heat from the reactor fuel rods by boiling and ...

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)

Energy; Nuclear energy

An independent agency that regulates the interstate transmission of electricity, natural gas, and oil. FERC also regulates and oversees hydropower projects, and the construction of liquefied natural ...

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

Energy; Nuclear energy

A component of U. S. Department of Homeland Security responsible for protecting the nation and reducing the loss of life and property from all hazards, such as natural disasters and acts of ...

Fault tree

Energy; Nuclear energy

A fault tree identifies all of the pathways that lead to a system failure. Toward that end, the fault tree starts with the top event, as defined by the event tree, and identifies (using the AND, OR, ...

Electric utility

Energy; Nuclear energy

A corporation, agency, authority, person, or other legal entity that owns and/or operates facilities within the United States, its territories, or Puerto Rico for the generation, transmission, ...

Electric power grid

Energy; Nuclear energy

A system of synchronised power providers and consumers, connected by transmission and distribution lines and operated by one or more control centers. In the continental United States, the electric ...

Effective half-life

Energy; Nuclear energy

The time required for the activity of a particular radioisotope deposited in a living organism, such as a human or an animal, to be reduced by 50 percent as a result of the combined action of ...