Outline of nuclear power

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to nuclear power:

Nuclear power – the use of sustained nuclear fission to generate heat and electricity. Nuclear power plants provide about 6% of the world's energy and 13–14% of the world's electricity,[1] with the U.S., France, and Japan together accounting for about 50% of nuclear generated electricity.[2]

What type of thing is nuclear power?

Nuclear power can be described as all of the following:

  • Nuclear technology (outline) – technology that involves the reactions of atomic nuclei. Among the notable nuclear technologies are nuclear power, nuclear medicine, and nuclear weapons. It has found applications from smoke detectors to nuclear reactors, and from gun sights to nuclear weapons.
  • Electricity generation – the process of generating electric energy from other forms of energy. The fundamental principles of electricity generation were discovered during the 1820s and early 1830s by the British scientist Michael Faraday. His basic method is still used today: electricity is generated by the movement of a loop of wire, or disc of copper between the poles of a magnet.[3]

Science of nuclear power

Nuclear material

Nuclear material

Nuclear reactor technology

Dangers of nuclear power

Notable accidents

History of nuclear power

History of nuclear power

Nuclear power industry

Uranium mining

Uranium processing

Nuclear power plants

Specific nuclear power plants

Nuclear waste

Nuclear power by region

Nuclear power companies

Nuclear safety

Nuclear power in space

Politics of nuclear power

Politics of nuclear power by region

Nuclear regulatory agencies

Nuclear power organizations

See also Nuclear regulatory agencies, above

Against

Supportive

Nuclear power groups

Nuclear power publications

Persons influential in nuclear power

See also

References

  1. ^ World Nuclear Association. Another drop in nuclear generation Archived 7 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine World Nuclear News, 5 May 2010.
  2. ^ "Key World Energy Statistics 2007" (PDF). International Energy Agency. 2007. Retrieved 21 June 2008. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ^ 'The Institution of Engineering & Technology: Michael Faraday'
  4. ^ "About Friends of the Earth International". Friends of the Earth International. Archived from the original on 4 May 2009. Retrieved 25 June 2009.
  5. ^ "United Nations, Department of Public Information, Non-Governmental Organizations". United Nations. 23 February 2006. Retrieved 24 August 2010.
  6. ^ Background – 7 January 2010 (7 January 2010). "Greenpeace International: Greenpeace worldwide". Greenpeace.org. Retrieved 24 August 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

External links

  • Nuclear Energy Institute – Beneficial Uses of Radiation
  • Nuclear Technology
  • Reactor Power Plant Technology Education – Includes the PC-based BWR reactor simulation.
  • Alsos Digital Library for Nuclear Issues – Annotated Bibliography on Nuclear Power
  • An entry to nuclear power through an educational discussion of reactors
  • Argonne National Laboratory – Maps of Nuclear Power Reactors
  • Briefing Papers from the Australian EnergyScience Coalition
  • British Energy – Understanding Nuclear Energy / Nuclear Power
  • Coal Combustion: Nuclear Resource or Danger?
  • "Congressional Research Service report on Nuclear Energy Policy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 December 2007. (94.0 KB)
  • Energy Information Administration provides lots of statistics and information
  • How Nuclear Power Works
  • IAEA Website The International Atomic Energy Agency
    • IAEA's Power Reactor Information System (PRIS)
  • Nuclear Power: Climate Fix or Folly? (2009)
  • Nuclear Power Education Archived 22 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  • Nuclear Tourist.com, nuclear power information
  • Nuclear Waste Disposal Resources
  • The World Nuclear Industry Status Reports website
  • Wilson Quarterly – Nuclear Power: Both Sides
  • TED Talk – Bill Gates on energy: Innovating to zero!
  • LFTR in 5 Minutes – Creative Commons Film Compares PWR to Th-MSR/LFTR Nuclear Power.
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