E&S:Lecture 14

• 6 % of the world's energy use
• 19% of US electricity generation

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The energy gained by an electron passing through a potential difference of one volt

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• 1.yellow powder that is 80% Uranium Oxide
• -leachd from ores and concentrated

• 1.Fuel:Pellets of Uranium
• 2.Moderator: slows down the neutrons, cause more fission
• 3.Control rods: Control rate of reaction
• 4.Coolant: Liquid or gas to transfer heat from it

• 1.2nd generation of British gas-cooled reactors
• 2.Uses graphite moderator and carbon dioxide as coolant

• 1.Soviet design
• 2.Devloped from plutonium productio reactors

• 1.Nuclear reactor that generates new fissile material at a greater rate than it consumes such mateiral.
• 2.Produces and use Plutonium as a fissile material

• 1.Has no moderator
• 2.smaller core