Light-water reactor
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The light-water reactor is a type of thermal-neutron reactor that uses normal water, as opposed to heavy water, as both its coolant and neutron moderator; furthermore a solid form of fissile elements
A simple pumpless light-water reactor
The Koeberg nuclear power station, consisting of two pressurized water reactors fueled with uranium
A pressurized water reactor head, with the control rods visible on the top
A nuclear fuel pellet
Nuclear reactor
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A nuclear reactor is a device used to sustain a controlled fission nuclear chain reaction. They are used for commercial electricity, marine propulsion, weapons production and research. Fissile nuclei
The Chicago Pile, the first artificial nuclear reactor, built in secrecy at the University of Chicago in 1942 during World War II as part of the US's Manhattan Project
Lise Meitner and Otto Hahn in their laboratory
NC State's PULSTAR Reactor is a 1 MW pool-type research reactor with 4% enriched, pin-type fuel consisting of UO2 pellets in zircaloy cladding
Treatment of the interior part of a VVER-1000 reactor frame at Atommash