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Nuclear Fuel
Nuclear generates nearly 55 percent of the country’s clean energy by using uranium instead of burning fossil fuels. Uranium is…
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Here’s How a Nuclear Reactor Actually Works
Our largest source of clean energy uses a process you can’t see: fission. At nuclear power plants across the country,…
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Pros and Cons of Nuclear Energy: Safety, Cost, & Efficiency
What Is Nuclear Energy? Nuclear energy is derived from the energy in the core of an atom. Power plants…
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Environmental Effects of Nuclear Power
Nuclear power, as with all power sources, has an effect on the environment through the nuclear fuel cycle, through operation,…
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Notable activations of BWR safety systems
General Electric defended the design of the reactor, stating that the station blackout caused by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and…
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Design Basis Accident (DBA) for a nuclear power plant
The Design Basis Accident (DBA) for a nuclear power plant is the most severe possible single accident that the designers…
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BWR Hydrogen Management
During normal plant operations and in normal operating temperatures, the hydrogen generation is not significant. When the nuclear fuel overheats,…
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Standby Liquid Control System (SLCS)
The standby liquid control system is used in the event of major contingencies as a last measure to prevent core…
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Emergency Core-Cooling System (ECCS)
While the reactor protection system is designed to prevent contingencies from happening, the ECCS is designed to respond to contingencies…
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List of Nuclear Power Plants Accidents
99 accidents at nuclear power plants from 1952 to 2009 (defined as incidents that either resulted in the loss of…
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The Worst Nuclear Accident
The worst nuclear accident to date was the Chernobyl Nuclear Accident which occurred in 1986 in Ukraine. That accident killed 56 people…
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Nuclear Accident Types
Loss of coolant accident A loss-of-coolant accident (LOCA) is a mode of failure for a nuclear reactor; if not managed effectively, the…
