Most new nuclear fission reactors being built today are of the light water reactor (LWR) type, which use water for neutron moderation into thermal neutrons as well as neutron capture. While ...

Purdue University Reactor Number One has specific features that no other reactor in the U.S. has. Purdue’s reactor is ...

So why would you want your fuel to be fluid rather than a solid pellet like in most reactors today? Aircraft Reactor Experiment. General diagram ... of the Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion (ANP ...

It is generally recognized that long term development of nuclear power as part of the world's future energy mix will require fast reactor technology with a closed fuel cycle. The fast neutron spectrum ...

The Micro–Physics Nuclear Reactor Simulator was developed by Nuclear Engineering ... The RAMBO–T solves two group neutron diffusion equation in 3D for analysis of a generic two loop type PWR core in ...

A 1-Megawatt research reactor produces thermal neutrons for radioactivation ... water behavior; distribution of neutron absorbers in materials for nuclear applications. Digital images are produced ...

Like traffic cops, heavy water's deuterium atoms effectively curb the pace of neutrons without capturing them. Nuclear reactors that use heavy water can employ a form of uranium commonly found in ...

First discovered in 1939 and thoroughly studied ever since, fission is a constant factor in modern life, used in everything from nuclear medicine to power-generating nuclear reactors. However ...