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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Effective dose equivalent

Energy; Nuclear energy

The sum of the products of the dose equivalent to the organ or tissue (H T ) and the weighting factors (W T ) applicable to each of the body organs or tissues that are irradiated (H E = ΣW T H T ...

Economic simplified boiling-water reactor (ESBWR)

Energy; Nuclear energy

A 4,500-MWt nuclear reactor design, which has passive safety features and uses natural circulation (with no recirculation pumps or associated piping) for normal operation. GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy ...

Earthquake, operating basis

Energy; Nuclear energy

An earthquake that could be expected to affect the site of a nuclear reactor, but for which the plant's power production equipment is designed to remain functional without undue risk to public health ...

Deuteron

Energy; Nuclear energy

The nucleus of deuterium. It contains one proton and one neutron. See also Heavy water (D2O).

Deuterium

Energy; Nuclear energy

An isotope of hydrogen with one proton and one neutron in the nucleus.

Deterministic effect

Energy; Nuclear energy

The health effects of radiation, the severity of which varies with the dose and for which a threshold is believed to exist. Radiation-induced cataract formation is an example of a deterministic ...

Deterministic

Energy; Nuclear energy

Consistent with the principles of "determinism," which hold that specific causes completely and certainly determine effects of all sorts. As applied in nuclear technology, it generally deals with ...