Nuclear energy

Nuclear energy

Nuclear binding energy is the energy required to split a nucleus of an atom into its component parts. The component parts are neutrons and protons, which are collectively called nucleons. The binding energy of nuclei is always a positive number, since all nuclei require net energy to separate them into individual protons and neutrons.

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loop

Energy; Nuclear energy

In a pressurized water reactor, the coolant flow path through piping from the reactor pressure vessel to the steam generator, to the reactor coolant pump, and back to the reactor pressure vessel. ...

low-level radioactive waste (llw)

Energy; Nuclear energy

A general term for a wide range of items that have become contaminated with radioactive material or have become radioactive through exposure to neutron radiation. A variety of industries, hospitals ...

LOW POPULATION ZONE (lpz)

Energy; Nuclear energy

An area of low population density often required around a nuclear installation before it's built. The number and density of residents is of concern in emergency planning so that certain protective ...

loss of coolant accident (LOCA)

Energy; Nuclear energy

Those postulated accidents that result in a loss of reactor coolant at a rate in excess of the capability of the reactor makeup system from breaks in the reactor coolant pressure boundary, up to and ...

lens dose equivalent

Energy; Nuclear energy

The external exposure dose equivalent to the lens of the eye at a tissue depth of 0. 3 centimeters (300 mg/cm 2 ).

lixiviant

Energy; Nuclear energy

A liquid medium used to selectively extract (or leach) uranium from ore bodies where they are normally found underground (in other words, in situ). This liquid medium, which typically contains an ...