Sentences with phrase «research reactor called»

In Paris yesterday, researchers from the Belgian Nuclear Research Centre (SCK - CEN) in Mol, the French National Research Council (CNRS), and France's Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) reported that they had successfully operated a research reactor called Guinevere by boosting its nuclear reactions with an externally produced beam of neutrons.

India now relies on neutron beams in an aging 100 MW research reactor called Dhruva in Mumbai; scientists at BARC are hoping to construct two more modern neutron sources at Visakhapatnam in eastern India.

Not exact matches

Officially called National Research Universal (NRU) reactor, the Chalk River reactor began its life in 1957 and in short order became the centerpiece of Canada's nuclear research entResearch Universal (NRU) reactor, the Chalk River reactor began its life in 1957 and in short order became the centerpiece of Canada's nuclear research entresearch enterprise.

The report says the US should focus research initiatives on the biggest impediments to ITER's donut - like design, called a tokamak — how to control the writhing plasma at the reactor's core, and understanding how it interacts with surrounding material in order to engineer walls that can maintain the reaction.

The research reactor is a so - called «pool - type reactor» or «swimming pool reactor»: The core of the reactor is immersed in an open pool of water.