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18 Cards in this Set
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boiling water reactor
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A nuclear reactor in which the fuel is uranium oxide clad in zircaloy and the coolant and moderator is water, which is boiled to produce...
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breeder reator
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A nuclear reactor that creates fissile material (typically plutonium-239 by irradiation of uranium-238) at a faster rate than it uses
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control rod
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A rod of a neutron-absorbing substance used to vary the output power of a nuclear reactor.
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electron
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A stable subatomic particle with a charge of negative electricity, found in all atoms and acting as the primary carrier of electricity...
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half life
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1.The time taken for the radioactivity of a specified isotope to fall to half its original value
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neutron
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A subatomic particle of about the same mass as a proton but without an electric charge, present in all atomic nuclei except those of
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nuclear fission
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A nuclear reaction in which a heavy nucleus splits spontaneously or on impact with another particle, with the release of energy.
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nuclear waste fund
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Radioactive waste material, for example from the use or reprocessing of nuclear fuel
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nuclear waste policy act
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During the first 40 years that nuclear waste was being created in the United States, no legislation was enacted to manage its disposal
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plasma
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1.The colorless fluid part of blood, lymph, or milk, in which corpuscles or fat globules are suspended.
2.This substance taken from donors or donated blood for administering in transfusions |
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primary loop
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The outer loop in a cascade system
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proton
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A stable subatomic particle occurring in all atomic nuclei, with a positive electric charge equal in magnitude to that of an electron
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radioactivity
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radiation: the spontaneous emission of a stream of particles or electromagnetic rays in nuclear decay
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secondary loop
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A system of piping that carries non-radioactive water, which then absorbs heat through steam generator tubes, is boiled and, as steam
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shipping cask
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Spent nuclear fuel shipping casks are used to transport spent nuclear fuel used in nuclear power plants and research reactors to
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uranium 235 (U235)
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a uranium isotope with mass number 235; capable of sustaining chain reactions
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uranium 238 (U 238)
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the commonest isotope of uranium; it is not fissionable but when irradiated with neutrons it produces fissionable plutonium 239
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yucca mountain storage facility
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a permanent storage facility located in Navada
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