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What is the coolant used in kalpakkam power station in India?
Kalpakkam has both Thermal reactor (Madras Atomic Power Station) and Fast Breeder Reactor -FBTR and PFBR (Under construction). In MAPS (thermal reactor) it is Heavy Water (D2O) Which acts as a coolant as well as moderator, where as in Fast Breeder Test Reactor (FBTR) and Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) Sodium (Na) is used as coolant. Since there should not any moderators for fast reactors D2O will not be used as coolant in fast reactors.
What are the advantages of enriched uranium?
It could be used with light water reactors.
What are the types of batch reactors?
no types che 03 k bacho
What are smothing reactors?
a smoothing reactor in dc circuits reduces harmonic currents in dc lines.
Which material use in glass line reactor?
which material used in glassline reactors? What is glassline material ? Basic
Are there more fast breeder or thermal nuclear reactors?
Most nuclear reactors are thermal-neutron reactors. A few fast breeder reactors have been built, but not many.
What has the author Karl Wirtz written?
Karl Wirtz has written: 'Lectures on fast reactors' -- subject(s): Fast reactors
Is power reactor a thermal reactor?
All power reactors are thermal reactors except few ones that are fast nuclear reactors.
What has the author Ronald Geoffrey Palmer written?
Ronald Geoffrey Palmer has written: 'Fast reactors' -- subject(s): Nuclear reactors
Can a reactor without moderator is present?
Yes, they are fast nuclear reactors
Does a breeder nuclear reactor use moderator?
Thermal Breeder Reactors use moderators but Fast Breeder Reactors don't use moderator.
Why moderator is not required in fast reactors?
a moderator would slow the neutrons, hindering breeding
Is moderation of neutrons always used to slow nuclear fission?
No, moderation of neutrons is not always used to slow nuclear fission. In some types of nuclear reactors, such as fast breeder reactors, fast neutrons are intentionally not moderated to slow down the fission process. These reactors operate using fast neutrons to sustain a chain reaction. However, in most commercial nuclear reactors, moderation of neutrons is employed to slow down the fission process and maintain a controlled chain reaction.
What has the author W E Kastenberg written?
W. E. Kastenberg has written: 'Anticipated transients without scram for light water reactors' -- subject(s): Safety measures, Nuclear reactors, Liquid metal fast breeder reactors
How much temperature can be controlled by liquid sodium in nuclear reactors?
Liquid sodium has been used as a coolant in fast reactors, because it does not slow down and absorb fast neutrons. It does not control the nuclear reaction directly, for that variable neutron absorbers are required.
Why is moderator not required in modern fast reactors?
a moderator would slow the neutrons, hindering breeding
Isotope of uranium used in nuclear reactors?
Uranium 235 is the most important isotope of uranium; it is a fissionable isotope used in HWR, PWR, BWR, research reactors and other types of reactors. But it is rare, only 0.72% of natural Uranium is this isotope.The more plentiful Uranium 238 isotope is only fertile not fissionable; it can only be used in fast reactors to breed Plutonium, which is fissionable. Isotopes of plutonium 239Pu and 241Pu are highly fissionable and importants for nuclear fuels.
