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Nuclear Power

Energy in the News

Nuclear Power Plants in the USA

Basics of Nuclear Power

Nuclear Chain Reaction

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Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR)

CANDU-Canadian Reactor

RMBK Reactor

Breeder Reactors

Fuel Cycle for Nuclear Power Plants

Nuclear Enrichment Plant

PWR Fuel Assembly

Nuclear Waste

One Vision of Relative Waste: Energy Ratios for Coal, Oil, Nuclear

More Realistic Fuel: Waste Comparison

High Level Decay

Storage of Vitrified Waste in Borosilicate Glass

Waste Disposal Options

Storage for Spent Fuel Rods

Nuclear Reactor Accidents

Chernobyl Accident: Location Date: April 28,1986 (Flood)

Radioactivity Release in First 11 Days

137 Cs on the Ground > 555 kBq/m2

Details of 137 Cs deposition

Relative Risks of Nuclear Power

Death Rates for Primary Energy Production

Energy Related Accidents

Electrical Generating Costs

US Electricity Production Costs

Electrical Generating Costs by Country: cents/kWh

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Sources of Individual Radiation Doses

Energy Used in Nuclear Preparation and Disposal

Oklo: Natural Nuclear Reactor at 2 Ga

Reactor Zone 15: Oklo

Author: W

E-mail: menke@ldeo.columbia.edu