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boiling water reactor

Back 1

A type of fission
reactor in which
water surrounds
the nuclear fuel
core within the
reactor.

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breeder reactor

Back 2

Creating nuclear
fuel from a substance
that is not
fissionable.

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control rod

Back 3

Parl o{
a fission reactor
that sits betr,r.een
the fuel rods and
absorb strav neutrons.

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half life

Back 4

The time
it takes for half the
atoms present in an
unstable element to
transform into a
new element.

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isotope

Back 5

One of
two or more atoms
with the same
number of protons
but with different
numbers of
neutrons.
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kyoto protocol

Back 6

Thrgets setin1997
by countries wishing
to increase
capacity while
reducing carbon
dioxide (CO.)
emissions.

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neclear fission

Back 7

The process of
splitting a larger
atom to produce
two smaller atoms
and a tremendous
amount of energy.

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neclear fision

Back 8

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combining of two
nuclei into a larger
nucleus.

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Neutron

Back 9

An uncharged atomic particle

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neclear waste fund

Back 10

A
multibillion-dollar
fund used for the
development of a
permanent nuclear
waste disposal site.

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Nuclear Waste
Policy Act

Back 11

An acl
passed by
Congress lrl.1982
promising that the
federal government
is to take
nuclear waste from
the utilities for
permanent storage.

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Nucleus

Back 12

The center
portion of an atom
containing the protons
and neutrons.

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plasma

Back 13

Ionized
gas with an equal
number of positive
and negative
charges.

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plutonium 239

Back 14

A fissionable
fuel created
from uranium 238
(U238)by a breeder
reactor.

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pressurized water reactor

Back 15

works similar to a BWR, except it
makes use of a heat exchanger known as a steam generator.

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primary loop

Back 16

The
part of a pressurized
water reactor
(PWR) in which
the water is heated.

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proliferation

Back 17

The
use of by-products
of nuclear power
for the production
of nuclear
weaPons.

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proton

Back 18

A positively charged atomic particle.

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radioactivity

Back 19

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secondary loop

Back 20

The part of a pressurized
water reactor
(PWR)in which
steam is created.

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shipping cask

Back 21

container designed to ship spent fuel ff#nf,i"
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Three Mile Island (TMI)

Back 22

Even though nuclear power plants have
had a relativeiy safe track record in the United States, no new piants have been ordered
since a major accident at the Three Mile Island (TMI) nuclear power plant in
Pennsylvania in 1979