Nuclear reactor basics
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EducationThe site Energy Kids from the US Energy Information Administration has Uranium (nuclear) Basics. The Nuclear Energy Institute (pro-nuclear energy organisation) has resources for understanding nuclear power, including animations on how boiling water and pressurised water reactors work as well as an overview of the principles involved in nuclear fission. SaveOnEnergy (an American energy retailer), has these excellent animations illustrating nuclear fission and another view of a pressurised water reactor. The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation has the site Nuclear Files, with materials on the basics, issues and history of nuclear energy. InformationThe International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is the world's center of cooperation in the nuclear field. It was set up in 1957 as the world's ‘Atoms for Peace’ organisation within the United Nations family. It works worldwide to promote safe, secure and peaceful nuclear technologies. |