Nuclear Power Web Links and Videos
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NUCLEAR FUSION involves the fusing of two light elements. This is purely a research project at present with the prospect of Power generation towards the middle of the 21st Century.
NUCLEAR FISSION involves splitting heavy elements such as Uranium-235 and is the basis of the current generation of nuclear power plants.
CONTENTS
- Nuclear Fusion
- Nuclear Fission
- Nuclear
Power Statistics – where performance of each individual reactor
may be accessed: Note you do not have to be a
registered user to use this site.
- Links following Fukushima Incident on 11th March 2011
1. [UEA] Notes written by N.K. Tovey on Fukushima Daiichi and other Nuclear issues in Japan following Earthquake on 11th March including daily updates to 21st March
2. [UEA] Interim Report on Japanese Earthquake: Implications for the UK Nuclear Industry: Report written By Mike Weightman: 18th May 2011.
3. Royal Society Meeting on Fukushima (18th May 2011). – the slides themselves without commentary may be accessed below
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[√] Summary
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[√] Sir John Beddington: The importance of
scientific advice in disaster response
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[√] Professor Nick Pidgeon: Public attitudes to
nuclear power
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[√] Professor Laurence Williams: The design of nuclear
power stations
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[√] Dr Mike Weightman: The implications for the
UK
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[√] Overall
Review of Meeting – see pages 10-15
FUSION
The are many pages in this site from the basics of fusion to historic developments.
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FISSION - the links in this section are bookmarks to
other locations on this page
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General Information
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Nuclear Fuel
Cycle
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Reactors
– Current Generation
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Advanced
Nuclear Power Reactors -
a good overview of the different reactors under development
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Generation 3 Reactors
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Generation IV
Reactors
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Life Cycle and Environmental
Issues
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Statistics of Nuclear Power
Generation
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Reactor Concepts Manual
– a summary of key issues relating to Nuclear Fission from USNRC Technical Training Center
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General Information on Nuclear Power 1.
[√] The Nuclear Energy
Institute Home Page 2.
[√] Cooling
in Nuclear Power Stations and a comparison of Gas Cooled and Water Cooled
reactors 3.
[√] MAGNOX North - now responsible for MAGNOX Stations in
north of UK including last two operating stations at Wylfa
and Oldbury which had extended lives beyond their
original closure dates of 2008 and 2010 respectively – working with
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority. The final reactgor
at Wylfa closed on 30th December 2015. 4.
[√] MAGNOX South - now responsible for the MAGNOX
Stations in the south of the UK all of which are now being decommissioned
– working with Nuclear Decommissioning Authority 5.
[√] The Nuclear Decommissioning
Authority (NDA) in overall responsibility for decommissioning nuclear
sites in UK. 6.
[√] World
Nuclear Association - includes a series of Education Links and fact files
on different aspects of nuclear power.
Nuclear Fuel Cycle The following pages give information on the Nuclear Fuel Cycle.
Reactor Types – Current Generation
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[UEA] Pressurised
Water Reactors fact
file
o [√] Home
Page of the Generic Design Assessment (GDA) of New Nuclear Reactors in the UK - This is a joint assessment being undertaken by the Environment Agency
and the Health and Safety Executive.. ·
[√] EPR1300 - the
reactor under construction in Olkiluoto in Finland
and Flamanville in France o [√] Various
Videos of the EPR – select the different video thumb-nail
sketch. o
[UEA] Technical Details of the EPR1300
– Overview of the GDA Submission o
Latest News
Sheets from Areva the manufacturer of EPR 1300 o
[UEA] October 2010 o
[UEA] November 2010 including information on EPR’s
status within the GDA in the UK ·
[√] AP1000 - promoted by Westinghouse and UK companies – the Chinese
Reactor as a possible reactor for UK sites such as Bradwell
is a development of this reactor. o [√] Overview o [√] Safety o [√] Construction o [√] Economic
Benefits o [√] Operation o [√] Latest
updates on progress o [*] A guided
tour of the AP1000 – this is
in several different sections and demonstrates the novel passive safety
systems of the AP1000 as well as its normal operation. [as of 1st
January 2017 this no longer seems to be available]. Please note there are
several different sections each with up to 14 pages – one of which is a
Review quiz. ·
[√ ] HPR1000 – A proposed Reactor of Chinese
Design for possible use for a new station at Bradwell.
This link provides an in depth analysis of the design. ·
[√ ] ADVANCED
GENERATION 3/3+ Nuclear Reactors - A good overview of
latest developments in Reactor Design and Certification from
world_nuclear.org ·
ACR1000 - a
development of the CANDU Reactor – [there was a
problem with this specific link on 11/01/2017 – it is being
investigated] o
[UEA]Technical Details of the ACR1000 o
[UEA] Download a video on the general operation of the Candu Reactor
[19 Mbytes] o
[UEA] Download a video of the on-line
refuelling of the Candu Reactor [ 70 Mbytes] – it is suggested you download these VIDEOS to a temporary
file on your computer then run them -
the sound quality can be poor if run over the internet ·
[√] ESBWR
- Economic Simplified Boiling Water
Reactor – promoted by General Electric and Hitachi o
[UEA] Technical Details of the ESBWR o
[√] Download
a sequence of videos about the passive safety designs of this plant click on Media Arrow to sequence
through videos ·
[√] PBGMR -
Pebble Bed Graphite Modulating Reactor (A 3+ Generation Reactor). This reactor was developed
in Germany and South Africa, but development in the latter country ceased in
September 2010.
There is still some development in China. ·
[√ ] TRISO Fuel for
use in Pebble Bed Reactors [√]Generation IV Nuclear Reactors for deployment from 2020 onwards. · [√] The travelling wave concept for nuclear power. This is in effect a fast breeder reactor using depleted U-238 as the primary fuel. This in itself is not fertile, but is transmuted into fertile Pu-239 by neutron bombardment. The difference between this and a traditional fast breeder is that the fuel for say 50 years is loaded once and the nuclear reaction is sustained without the normal extraction and reprocessing of fuel. This WEBSITE has a short video to explain the processes. · See also the [√] TED lecture by Bill Gates where this concept first gained interest. · [√ ] U-Battery Small Modular Reactor using [√ ] TRISO fuel pellets
Life Cycle and
Environmental Issues § [UEA] Torness AGR – Life Cycle Analysis - Executive
Summary § [UEA] Torness AGR – Full Life Cycle Analysis § [UEA] Climate
Change affecting Nuclear Sites in UK A report studying
impact of sea level rise etc on Nuclear Sites in UK. § [√] Overview
of Life Cycle Energy Analysis and CO2 implications of Nuclear
Plant § Statistics of Nuclear Power Generation § [UEA] Proportion of Nuclear Electricity generated
in different countries – from World Nuclear Association (WNA)
Website 8th Jan 2016. § [UEA] Statistics on Nuclear
Plant developments around the World [as at 08/01/2016 from WNA Website]
Reactor
Concepts Manual from USNRC Technical Training Center 6. Natural
and Man Made Radiation 7. Radiation
at Nuclear Power Plants 8. Radiation Doses and methods for protection against
radiation and contamination 9. Biological Effects
of Radiation 11. Transport
of Radioactive Waste |
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