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Existing reactor designs

• Molten salt reactor [r]: A nuclear reactor using molten salt as the fuel or coolant ^[e]
• Pressurized Water Reactor [r]: uses atomic fission to heat water in a primary loop, then pipes the heated water to a heat exchanger to generate steam in a secondary loop, then uses the steam to drive a turbine; only water in the primary loop becomes radioactive. ^[e]

Proposed reactor designs

Advanced Reactors Information System showcases many new reactor designs. Here are a few of them:

• FC-MSR_nuclear_reactor [r]: Elysium's reactor with no moderator, capable of burning spent nuclear fuel and bomb cores. ^[e]
• High Temperature Gas-cooled Reactor [r]: a medium-sized, next-gen, uranium-fueled, graphite-moderated, helium-cooled reactor that can provide heat for industrial processes, with electricity generation a secondary role ^[e]
• Molten chloride fast reactor [r]: TerraPower's Molten Chloride Fast Reactor ^[e]
• Natrium reactor [r]: A fast reactor using molten sodium as the coolant. Development funded by Bill Gates. Like the MCSFR, capable of burning spent nuclear fuel. ^[e]
• NuScale small modular reactor [r]: A smaller version of a standard Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR) with additional safety features. ^[e]
• ThorCon nuclear reactor [r]: A molten salt reactor (MSR) using a mix of uranium and thorium in a fluoride salt with a graphite moderator. ^[e]
• Very_high_temperature_reactor [r]: A nuclear reactor using helium gas as a coolant, that might provide process heat for production of zero-carbon hydrogen from water. ^[e]

Other related topics

• Fear of radiation [r]: The science relating to public fear of radiation ^[e]
• Nuclear waste management [r]: Storage and disposal of spent fuel and waste from nuclear power plants ^[e]
• Cost of nuclear power [r]: A discussion of various ways of measuring generating costs of Nuclear power ^[e]
• Energy storage [r]: technologies relevant to large-scale use of renewable but intermittent electric power ^[e]
• Energy policy and global warming [r]: results of various national policies on CO2 emissions ^[e]
• Radiation Hazards [r]: what everyone concerned about radiation and health should know ^[e]
• Mining of uranium and thorium [r]: three-quarters of the world's uranium is mined in Kazakhstan, Canada, Australia and Namibia; many of today's mines in Canada and Australia are managed for safety and environmental concerns ^[e]
• Uranium fuel cycle [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Thorium fuel cycle [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Molten salt reactor [r]: A nuclear reactor using molten salt as the fuel or coolant ^[e]
• Fast neutron reactor [r]: a nuclear reactor in which the fission chain reaction is sustained by fast neutrons, as opposed to thermal neutrons, requiring fuel rich in fissile material and not requiring a neutron moderator. ^[e]
• Nuclear jokes [r]: memes, video games, miscellaneous nonsense ^[e]

Parent topics

•  Nuclear fission: A reaction by which a nucleus of a suitable isotope of an element with a high atomic number splits into two nuclei of lower atomic numbers and one or more neutrons and a relatively large release of energy per atom. ^[e]
•  Uranium: A silvery-white metallic chemical element in the actinide series of the periodic table that has the symbol U and atomic number 92. ^[e]
•  Plutonium: Mainly man-made radioactive element (Z = 94); its 239 isotope is fissionable and used in nuclear weapons; the 240 isotope is used in some nuclear power reactors ^[e]