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Nuclear ReactorIn it's most simplest form, a nuclear reactor uses Uranium and other radioactive materials and the fission from uranium to create heat, and transfer that heat into steam to create power. Nuclear reactors are one of the biggest sources of energy, although not renewable, uranium has a very high energy density resulting in massive power transmissions. There are many different types of nuclear reactors, and this term serves as a broad hub/introduction for each type. After uranium is used in reacto Fast Neutron ReactorA Fast Neutron Reactor is a specific type of reactor that different from a Thermal Reactor-- it is not very common because unlike a thermal reactor that uses neutron to sustain the chain reaction, a FNR has no neutron moderation and less primary coolant due to an excess of fast neutrons * the capture to fission ratio is lower is fast reactors * high number of neutron produced per one fission * Neutron Flux has differences too The following image shows the neutron flux differences 400 Neutron F VVER Reactor (WWER)Water-Water energetic reactor (WWER) or the Russian VVER from (from Russian: водо-водяной энергетический реактор, romanized: vodo-vodyanoi enyergeticheskiy reaktor, lit. 'water-water power reactor') is a series of PWR reactor designs developed originally by the Soviet Union, and now Russia, by OKB Gidropress. One of the initial reactor designs other then the RBMK Reactor, this design is a Thermal Reactor design using control rods and Light Water coolant. Their power varies, with electric power Neutron Flux differences in LMFBR vs ThermalsThis image shows the major differences in Thermal and LMFBR enutron energy with the neutron flux as the y axis and energy as X. As neutron flux increases, thermal experiences a major slope downwards while in the .001 eV to 10 eV range, LMFBR doesn't even play a role - it is at a very high neutron flux and energy that LMFBR is effective Back to Thermal Reactor Back to Fast Neutron Reactor FNR vs Thermal NE-Flux.png

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