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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LOW POPULATION ZONE (lpz)

Energy; Nuclear energy

An area of low population density often required around a nuclear installation before it's built. The number and density of residents is of concern in emergency planning so that certain protective ...

Loss of coolant accident (LOCA)

Energy; Nuclear energy

Those postulated accidents that result in a loss of reactor coolant at a rate in excess of the capability of the reactor makeup system from breaks in the reactor coolant pressure boundary, up to and ...

Lens dose equivalent

Energy; Nuclear energy

The external exposure dose equivalent to the lens of the eye at a tissue depth of 0. 3 centimetres (300 mg/cm 2 ).

Lixiviant

Energy; Nuclear energy

A liquid medium used to selectively extract (or leach) uranium from ore bodies where they are normally found underground (in other words, in situ). This liquid medium, which typically contains an ...

Limiting safety system settings

Energy; Nuclear energy

Settings for automatic protective devices related to those variables having significant safety functions. Where a limiting safety system setting is specified for a variable on which a safety limit ...

Licencing basis

Energy; Nuclear energy

The collection of documents or technical criteria that provides the basis upon which the NRC issues a licence to construct or operate a nuclear facility; to conduct operations involving the emission ...

Licensee

Energy; Nuclear energy

A company, organization, institution, or other entity to which the NRC or an Agreement State has granted a general licence or specific licence to construct or operate a nuclear facility, or to ...