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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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Viability assessment
Energy; Nuclear energy
A decisionmaking process used by the U. S. Department of Energy (DOE) to assess the prospects for safe and secure permanent disposal of high-level radioactive waste in an excavated, underground ...
Uranium fuel fabrication facility
Energy; Nuclear energy
A facility that converts enriched uranium hexafluoride (UF6) into fuel for commercial light-water power reactors, research and test reactors, and other nuclear reactors. The UF6, in solid form in ...
Nuclear materials
Energy; Nuclear energy
Plutonium, uranium-233, or uranium enriched in the isotopes uranium-233 or uranium-235.
Vapour
Energy; Nuclear energy
The gaseous form of substances that are normally in liquid or solid form.
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 ...
Nuclear reactor
Energy; Nuclear energy
The heart of a nuclear power plant or nonpower reactor, in which nuclear fission may be initiated and controlled in a self-sustaining chain reaction to generate energy or produce useful radiation. ...
Nuclear radiological incident annex
Energy; Nuclear energy
An annex to the National Response Framework, which provides for a timely, coordinated response by Federal agencies to nuclear or radiological accidents or incidents within the United States. This ...
