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How a
works
Eta Carinae (NASA/ESA)
Uranium ore (Geomartin)
Yellowcake (IAEA)
Isotopic concentrations (whatisnuclear)
Gas centrifuges (GAO-18-126)
Nuclear fuel pellets (NRC)
Fuel assembly (NRC)
Reactor core refueling (D.C. Cook)
A neutron chain reaction
A Pressurized Water Reactor (TVA)
Spent fuel pool (NRC)
A dry cask (@ParisOrtizWines)
Chicago Pile-1 (https://doi.org/10.2172/1832360)
There was no enrichment at the time...
Some early reactor ideas from MUC-LAO-42. See also the Piles of the Future Review from October, 1944 where a longer discussion of their views of future reactors is recorded. They thought pressurized water would lead to corrosion issues at high temperature and considered liquid metal (specifically lead-bismuth) to be the most promising coolant. Written 5 days after Hanford B came online.
Proposed in 1947 to be completed in the early 1950s.
The EBR-I (AEC)
Fuel for the MTR mockup (AEC)
Data source for all future reactors
The LITR, the 1st water-cooled/moderated reactor (CC-BY-2.0 ORNL)
The MTR (AEC)
Prototype submarine in Idaho
Launch of USS Nautilus (1955)
The Knolls Intermediate Power Breeder (AEC)
ML-1 field test in Idaho
PM-1 being sent to Wyoming
We flew a reactor to Geneva
Construction of a boiler chamber in the Shippingport PWR (from Library of Congress)
Co-located coal, hydro, and nuclear, thought to be unique worldwide.
of nuclear power
There are ~437 power reactors in operation (Carbon Brief)
Global capacity changes (Carbon Brief)
France went all-in on nuclear (@whatisnuclear)
Fraction of the time the plant is running at full capacity (whatisnuclear.com)
Technical and Economic Aspects of Load Following with Nuclear Power Plants (OECD-NEA)
Technical and Economic Aspects of Load Following with Nuclear Power Plants (OECD-NEA)
Used with permission from @AngelicaOung
Hualong One CC-BY-4.0 Ji Xing
Manufacturing a VVER-1000 RIA Novosti Archive CC-BY-SA 3.0
Vogtle Unit 3 (NRC)
A small reactor (ANL)
Based on proven, well-known technology
An AP1000 advanced reactor (Westinghouse)
Reactors that don't include a moderator
Fast reactor history (adapted from Walter, Fast Breeder Reactors)
Breeder reactors are as renewable as anything else (whatisnuclear.com)
Breeder reactors that don't need fast neutrons
A fluid fueled reactor (ARE)
Site work for Natrium in WY (Bechtel photo)
Xe-100 render (X-energy image)
NuScale Power Module (CC-BY-SA 3.0 NuScale)
Oklo co-founders in The New Fire
Historical construction costs (Lovering, 2016)
The UAE just built 4 large LWRs (IAEA, 2021)
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