They are 'mothballing' it. It is being decommissioned and made safe.
The reactor vessel is the main container that houses the nuclear fuel, control rods, and coolant in a nuclear reactor. Its purpose is to contain and shield the nuclear reactions happening inside, and to provide structural support and safety for the reactor core.
Lowering control rods in a nuclear reactor will result in the absorption of neutrons, which decreases the rate of fission reactions happening in the reactor core. This leads to a decrease in heat production and ultimately reduces the power output of the reactor.
A Nuclear Reactor.
Nuclear reactor kinetics is the branch of reactor engineering and reactor physics and control that deals with long term time changes in reactor fuel and nuclear reactors.
yes, south Africa has a nuclear reactor.
Yes, the sun is a nuclear fusion reactor.
a nuclear reactor converts binding energy into heat. a nuclear power plant uses a nuclear reactor to generate electricity.
simply, the nuclear reactor is the source of heat (or steam) for the nuclear power plant.
A breeder reactor is one type of nuclear reactor, but not a type that is in general commercial use at the present time
The heart of a nuclear power plant is the nuclear reactor.
The last nuclear reactor has not been built yet.
Fukushima