Sentences with phrase «reactor power»

There are no nuclear reactors powered by organic material, either, although combustion engines that use ethanol made from corn or other organic material are becoming more common.

More exotic designs remain on the horizon, such as reactors powered by thorium fuel, but the AP1000 and other more conventional designs are important for one simple reason: they are being built.

NASA and the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) have successfully demonstrated a new nuclear reactor power system that could enable long - duration crewed missions to the Moon, Mars and destinations beyond.

The decision has been made to begin the construction in France of a 1,200 - megawatt breeder - reactor power station.

If a sodium cooled reactor core loses it coolant by a leak or boiling, voiding within the core causes a sudden increase in reactor power which could damage the fuel and core.

What they don't know is that the arc reactor powering the Iron Man suit (and keeping Stark alive) is also slowly killing him by poisoning his blood with palladium.

Russia is planning to construct a larger BN - 1200 fast reactor power unit at Beloyarsk to start up by 2020, while cooperating with China to build two BN - 800 units there.

Response: SMR - 160 is a small modular pressurized water nuclear reactor power plant that does not rely on any pumps or motors to remove heat from the nuclear fuel, for all normal and accident scenarios.

Operated as a net producer, the system could provide start - up materials for other fast - reactor power plants.

A perfect example of this lies in the preface of Dan Van Der Vat's Stealth at Sea, where he states «that the reactor powered underwater warship has begun to look like a white elephant, if not a strategic dinosaur».

During operation, when reactor power or outlet temperature increases, the reactor power reduces as a result of neutron leakage from the core, and this provides negative feedback and self - correction.

By minimizing the number of times that the reactor powers down, operators maximize their reactor's online time and profitability even though it extends the refueling outage.