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ADE-2
The ADE-2 is a dual use water-cooled thermal graphite-moderated reactor. The reactor was dual-purpose - producing weapons-grade plutonium and providing heat and electricity. The RBMK series nuclear reactors are based off the ADE series reactors. History Construction started in December 1963. The reactor was shut down in April 2010. The scope of decommissioning was much greater than with AD and ADE-1, which were single-purpose and performed only defense tasks. In 2021 it was decided to make ADE-2 a museum exhibition. Other similar types These two sources show slightly different date of start and shutdown. Legacy AD and ADE-1 are almost decommissioned. ADE-3, ADE-4, and ADE-5 were being decommissioned as of 2024. See also * MBIR - multi-loop research reactor intends to replace BOR-60. In construction since 2015, est. completion in 2027. * RBMK - is a class of graphite-moderated nuclear power reactor designed and built by the Soviet Union The Union of Soviet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graphite-moderated Reactor
:''"Graphite reactor" directs here. For the graphite reactor at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, see X-10 Graphite Reactor.'' A graphite-moderated reactor is a nuclear reactor that uses carbon as a neutron moderator, which allows natural uranium to be used as nuclear fuel. The first artificial nuclear reactor, the Chicago Pile-1, used nuclear graphite as a moderator. Graphite-moderated reactors were involved in two of the best-known nuclear disasters: an untested graphite annealing process contributed to the Windscale fire (but the graphite itself did not catch fire), while a graphite fire during the Chernobyl disaster contributed to the spread of radioactive material. Types Several types of Nuclear graphite, graphite-Neutron moderation, moderated nuclear reactors have been used in commercial electricity generation: *Gas-cooled reactors **Magnox **UNGG reactor **Advanced gas-cooled reactor (AGR) *Water-cooled reactors **RBMK **MKER **EGP-6 **N-Reactor, Hanford N-Reactor (dual us ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |