A new class of these are known as pebble bed ones. The majority of these use a pressurized water design and an emergency shutdown of one is called a SCRAM. The United States no longer permits breeder ones. An important part of these are control rods and often they will have hyperbolic cooling towers. The waste from one of t
A new class of these are known as pebble bed ones. The majority of these use a pressurized water design and an emergency shutdown of one is called a SCRAM. The United States no longer permits breeder ones. An important part of these are control rods and often they will have hyperbolic cooling towers. The waste from one of these is radioactive as is the fuel. For 10 points, what type of reactor uses the heat generated by a controlled chain reaction involving elements like uranium or plutonium to provide electrical or mechanical power.
A new class of these are known as pebble bed ones. The majority of these use a pressurized water design and an emergency shutdown of one is called a SCRAM.
{nuclear fission reactor} [or nuclear {fission} power plant]