41. Nuclear Energy nuclear power accounts for about 20 percent of the total electricity generated in the United States, an amount comparable to all the electricity used in http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/non-renewable/nuclear.html

What is Energy Kid's Corner Milestones Energy Quiz ... About Energy Ant and Us NUCLEAR ENERGY (URANIUM) ENERGY FROM ATOMS Nuclear power accounts for about 20 percent of the total electricity generated in the United States, an amount comparable to all the electricity used in California,Texas and New York, our three most populous (having the most people) states. In 2001, there were 66 nuclear power plants (composed of 104 licensed nuclear reactors ) throughout the United States, located mostly on the East Coast and in the Midwest. A nuclear power plant operates basically the same way as a fossil fuel plant, with one difference: the source of heat. The process that produces the heat in a nuclear plant is the fissioning or splitting of uranium atoms. That heat boils water to make the steam that turns the turbine-generator, just as in a fossil fuel plant. The part of the plant where the heat is produced is called the reactor core. NUCLEAR FUEL Atoms are made up of three major particles: protons, neutrons and electrons. The most common fissionable atom is an isotope (the specific member of the atom's family) of uranium known as uranium-235 (U-235 or U

42. Nuclear Reactors Operating In The United States, 2000 nuclear power Plants Operating in the United States, 2001. Click on plant name for reactorspecific data. For More Information on US nuclear power Plants. http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/nuclear/page/at_a_glance/reactors/states.html

Home Nuclear U.S. Nuclear Reactors Nuclear Power Plants Operation in the United States, 2001 Nuclear Power Plants Operating in the United States, 2001 Click on plant name for reactor-specific data. Alabama Arizona Arkansas California Connecticut Browns Ferry Palo Verde Arkansas Nuclear Diablo Canyon ... San Onofre Florida Georgia Illinois Iowa Kansas Crystal River Edwin Hatch Braidwood Duane Arnold ... Quad Cities Louisiana Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota River Bend Calvert Cliffs Pilgrim Donald C. Cook ... Palisades Mississippi Missouri Nebraska New Hampshire New Jersey Grand Gulf Callaway Cooper Station Seabrook ... Salem New York North Carolina Ohio Pennsylvania South Carolina Fitzpatrick Brunswick Davis-Besse Beaver Valley ... Three Mile Island Tennessee Texas Vermont Virginia Washington Sequoyah Comanche Peak Vermont Yankee North Anna ... Surry Wisconsin Kewaunee Point Beach * Operating reactors are those licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

43. Browse Topic: Nuclear Power nuclear power. Also see Browse Topic Radiation Also, check out the list of government information products on nuclear power available from the US GPO. http://www.library.okstate.edu/govdocs/browsetopics/nuclearp.html

BrowseTopics Index OSU Library Government Documents OSU Library OSU Nuclear Power Nuclear Regulatory Commission The NRC is an independent agency established by the U.S. Congress under the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 to regulate commercial nuclear power reactors and nonpower research, test, and training reactors; fuel cycle facilities and medical, academic, and industrial uses of nuclear materials; the transport, storage, and disposal of nuclear materials and waste. Public Citizen's Guide to NRC Covers information that the agency makes available. Further general information about the NRC is contained in the sites for Mission and Organization and History The Headquarters Public Document Room (PDR) serves as a bridge between the agency and the public, providing on site and remote access to a comprehensive collection of unrestricted NRC documents in paper, microfiche, or electronic format, as well as documents from the civilian regulatory activities of the former Atomic Energy Commission. E-mail: pdr@nrc.gov

44. Scram Engineering - Stephane ORLOFFE Computer simulation for nuclear power plant http://users.skynet.be/scram

Industrial Process Computer Based Simulator Simulation sur PC de processus industriel Imagine that you are operating a nuclear power plant you have to manage alarms, incidents, normal operations and transients. Are you ready to take the right decision after a SCRAM (safety shutdown) or a primary coolant leakage for instance ? After "flight simulator", "train simulator" here is Scram Engineering " NUCLEAR POWER PLANT SIMULATOR " and also ... Scram Engineering " Steam and gaz turbine PLANT SIMULATOR " Video SEE VIDEO Imaginez, vous pilotez une centrale nucléaire, vous devez gérer les alarmes, les incidents, mais aussi les transitoires normaux. Vous connaissez déjà les logiciels de simulation tels que "flight simulator", "train simulator",voici maintenant LE SIMULATEUR DE CENTRALE NUCLEAIRE de Scram Engineering ... mais aussi : le simulateur de centrale TGV (turbine gaz vapeur) More information in English. More information ( technical ) Tel me more Quelques informations en français En savoir plus sur le simulateur CLIQUEZ ICI POUR EN SAVOIR + Curriculum vitae de Stephane ORLOFFE My CV - Summary Mail me pour m'envoyer un courrier Last update

45. FEMA: Backgrounder: Nuclear Power Plant Emergency Home » Hazards » Backgrounder nuclear power Plant Emergency. Backgrounder nuclear power Plant Emergency. Since 1980, each utility http://www.fema.gov/hazards/nuclear/radiolo.shtm

Hazards Assistance Flood Maps NPSC ... Hazards Backgrounder: Nuclear Power Plant Emergency Search FEMA Hazards Dam Safety Earthquakes Extreme Heat ... Mitigation Division Backgrounder: Nuclear Power Plant Emergency Since 1980, each utility that owns a commercial nuclear power plant in the United States has been required to have both an onsite and offsite emergency response plan as a condition of obtaining and maintaining a license to operate that plant. Onsite emergency response plans are approved by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). Offsite plans (which are closely coordinated with the utility's onsite emergency response plan) are evaluated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and provided to the NRC, who must consider the FEMA findings when issuing or maintaining a license. Federal law establishes the criterion for determining the adequacy of offsite planning and preparedness, i.e: "Plans and preparedness must be determined to adequately protect the public health and safety by providing reasonable assurance that appropriate measures can be taken offsite in the event of a radiological emergency." Although construction and operation of nuclear power plants are closely monitored and regulated by the NRC, an accident, though unlikely, is possible. The potential danger from an accident at a nuclear power plant is exposure to radiation. This exposure could come from the release of radioactive material from the plant into the environment, usually characterized by a plume (cloud-like) formation. The area the radioactive release may affect is determined by the amount released from the plant, wind direction and speed and weather conditions (i.e., rain, snow, etc.) which would quickly drive the radioactive material to the ground, hence causing increased deposition of radionuclides.

46. KAJIMA CORPORATION Civil engineering projects, such as nuclear power plants. http://www.kajima.co.jp/welcome.html

[Last Updated:05.19] "Financial Results" are updated for the Consolidated and Non-Consolidated Financial Results for the year ended March 31, 2004. We added in Topics We added "Quarterly Contract-Awards Report (Non-Consolidated)" in " Investor Relations" . Report of contracts awarded in the 3rd quarter of FY2003 is now available here. KAJIMA DESIGN NEWSLETTER Great Hanshin Earthquake Review KAJIMA TECHNICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE CG GALLERY ... Quarterly Contract-Awards Report (Non-Consolidated) webmaster@kajima.co.jp

47. Paks Nuclear Power Plant Introduction News - Operational data - Virtual tour - Curiosities, games - Contacts, links Nuclear history - NPP operation - Fuel cycle - Environmental http://www.npp.hu/index-e.htm

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48. Energy / Power Articles Archive Articles on nuclear power news from About.com. Archive available. http://power.about.com/library/weekly/mpreviss.htm

zJs=10 zJs=11 zJs=12 zJs=13 zc(5,'jsc',zJs,9999999,'') About Power / Energy Home Essentials ... Iraq Oil zau(256,152,180,'gob','http://z.about.com/5/ad/go.htm?gs='+gs,''); International Energy Journals Equipment Commerce ... Help zau(256,138,125,'el','http://z.about.com/0/ip/417/0.htm','');w(xb+xb); Stay Current Subscribe to the About Power / Energy newsletter. Search Power / Energy Most Recent Articles This page presents the most recent articles on Power/Energy industry, as well as earlier publications on the Nuclear power issues. Please also check the news links at the Power/Energy site. Kazakhstan Oil and Gas Sector Kazakhstan is one of the very few still unclaimed (or not completely taken) oil producing areas in the world. Large country with small population and massive oil reserves is land-blocked in the Central Asia, but is trying to do all the possible to become serious player at the oil market, and to get away from de-facto exports control by Russia. It is not easy thing to do, because alternatives are limited; but they don't give up. Investigation of Halliburton's Nigeria Gas Deal On October 11, 2003, French justice has launched the first in its kind anti-corruption investigation, that targets two French oil companies. The case is about $200mln. kick-back for awarding big gas contract and other favors in Nigeria to two French companies, one of them being the subsidiary of American Halliburton. The scam was unfolding during the 90-s, when Halliburton. was managed by Dick Cheney, now the Vice President of the United States. Almost for sure it will turn out that, even if all will be proven, Mr.Cheney "did not know" about the case (that will tell lots about him as a manager), but nevertheless it looks worth attention. This page presents small collection of links on the subject.

49. FPL | Nuclear Power Serves You nuclear power Serves You. safety and benefits of nuclear power. Need for nuclear power. Nuclear energy provides the second largest http://www.fpl.com/about/nuclear/contents/nuclear_power_serves_you.shtml

Home Page Contact Us Log In/Log Out FAQs ... A Job ABOUT US Search For Your Home For Your Business Storm Center Safety ... Family of Sites Nuclear Power Serves You About our plants Need for nuclear power How nuclear power plants work Environmental stewardship Nuclear power has played an important role in FPL's energy mix for nearly three decades and provides a safe, clean and reliable source of electricity. Nuclear energy offers many benefits. It provides about 25 percent of the electricity for our Florida customers and is an important part of our energy mix in the competitive wholesale market in the northeastern United States is clean with virtually no emissions, which helps keep the air clean, preserve the Earth's climate, avoid ground-level ozone formation and prevent acid rain, and is efficient and cost-effective because of stable fuel prices, high plant performance, modernized plants, and renewal of plant licenses. About our plants FPL operates three nuclear power plants at St. Lucie , near Ft. Pierce, Fla., Turkey Point , south of Miami, Fla., and

50. Framatome Designs and manufactures pressurized or boiling water reactors supplies fuel assemblies based on enriched uranium, offers inspection or maintenance services to nuclear power plants units. http://www.framatome-anp.com/

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51. Will Nuclear Power Put Humans On Mars? advertisement. Will nuclear power Put Humans On Mars? The issue with nuclear engines and nuclear power sources is people are afraid of them. http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/solarsystem/nuclearmars_000521.html

SEARCH: Hubble Space Telescope advertisement Will Nuclear Power Put Humans On Mars? By Greg Clark Staff Writer posted: 08:00 am ET 21 May 2000 When it comes to attracting interest in new mission plans to far-out places in the solar system, it is often the wildly futuristic concepts that get the attention. Antimatter propulsion, solar and magnetic sails all make great stories, but such futuristic concepts don't do anything to get humans out to the moon, or Mars, or to various local comets or asteroids within the foreseeable future. With these futuristic technologies barely out of their conceptual phases, practical use of such far-out concepts for human space transportation is decades away at best. So when planners at NASA begin to examine space-travel goals beyond low Earth orbit, beyond 2005 when the International Space Station is scheduled to be complete, they are faced with making bigger, brawnier and incredibly more expensive versions of the chemical rockets in use today. Images This diagram shows the basic travel plans of the Bimodal Nuclear Thermal Rocket Crew Transfer Vehicle (CTV) on a trip to Mars. Click to enlarge. This diagram outlines the design of one nuclear thermal rocket engine. Click to enlarge.

52. Progress & Nuclear Power: The Destruction Of The Continent And Its Peoples The truth and the history behind the Three Mile Island accident at Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania from an anarchist perspective Fredy Perlman. http://www.eco-action.org/dt/progress.html

The Destruction of the Continent and Its Peoples By Fredy Perlman The Following text first appeared in a special anti-nuclear issue of Fifth Estate magazine on April 8, 1979. It was written earlier in that year just after an accident at Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in eastern Pennsylvania. As news of the accident spread, official messages insisted, "There is no need to overreact, the situation is stable, the leaders have everything under control," but eventually people living near the plant had to be evacuated. Here Fredy reminds us how the original inhabitants of this region were duped and destroyed by the platitudes, promises and police that always accompany Capital. The premeditated poisoning of human beings, of soils and of other living species can only by the grossest hypocrisy be considered an "accident". Only the wilfully blind can claim that this consequence of Technical Progress was "unforeseen". The poisoning and removal of this continent's living inhabitants for the sake of "higher entities" may have begun in Eastern Pennsylvania, but not during the past few weeks. Eleven score years ago, in the region currently being poisoned by radiation from Three Mile Island, speculators with names like Franklin, Morris, Washington and Hale hid their names behind facades such as the Vandalia Company and the Ohio Company. These companies had one purpose: to sell land for a profit. The individuals behind the companies had one aim: to remove all obstacles which stood in the way of the free deployment of profit-making, whether the obstacles were human beings or millennial cultures or forests or animals or even streams and mountains. Their aim was to Civilise this continent, to introduce to it a cycle of activities never before practised here: Working, Saving, Investing, Selling - the cycle of reproducing and enlarging Capital.

53. CNIC - Citizens' Nuclear Information Center Provide information and public education on nuclear power and nuclear issues in Japan. http://cnic.jp/english/

SPACE Japanese CNIC Home Page CNIC's English web site has been updated and upgraded!! The links at the top of this page should lead you to more or less up-to-date and accessible information. (It's worth a try anyway.) Nuke Info Tokyo No. 100 Published Lead article: 100th Edition of NIT: To our friends in the anti-nuclear movement around the world Japan: a would be nuclear proliferator? Click here for clues to help answer this question Become an anti-nuclear volunteer Become an anti-nuclear supporter Citizens' Nuclear Information Center (CNIC) 3F Kotobuki Bldg.

54. Nuclear Power How Power Plants Work nuclear power. (c) FreeFoto.com. nuclear power plants are very clean and efficient to operate. However, nuclear power plants have some major environmental risks. http://www.solcomhouse.com/nuclear.htm

THE POWER FOR THE PEOPLE Aids Air Traffic Alaska Alaska Pipeline ... Wind Power Nuclear Power (c) FreeFoto.com Nuclear power plants are very clean and efficient to operate. However, nuclear power plants have some major environmental risks. Nuclear power plants produce radioactive gases. These gases are to be contained in the operation of the plant. If these gases are released into the air, major health risks can occur. Nuclear plants use uranium as a fuel to produce power. The mining and handling of uranium is very risky and radiation leaks can occur. The third concern of nuclear power is the permanent storage of spent radioactive fuel. This fuel is toxic for centuries, handling and disposal is an ongoing environmental issue. In The United States there are 110 commercial reactors in 32 states. Six of these states rely on nuclear power for more than 50 percent of their energy.Worldwide, 434 reactors generate electricity in 33 countries. Nuclear Fission An atom's nucleus can be split apart. When this is done, a tremendous amount of energy is released. The energy is both heat and light energy. This energy, when let out slowly, can be harnessed to generate electricity. When it is let out all at once, it makes a tremendous explosion in an atomic bomb. The word fission means to split apart.

55. 404 Not Found An archive of articles on nuclear armaments, testing, test bans, and treaties. Links to articles on related topics including nuclear power, NATO, disarmament and the arms trade. http://www.wagingpeace.org/articles/index.html

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56. The Calvert Cliffs Connection Calvert Cliffs nuclear power Plant. Located in Lusby, Md., Unit 1 of the 1,700 MW Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Plant began generating electricity http://www.calvertcliffs.com/

57. FEPC Created to improve the operations and communinications between the ten largest electric producers in Japan. With press releases and publications, information on nuclear power, environment, and links. http://www.fepc.or.jp/english/

Presidents of electric utilities unanimously decided to reaffirm the promotion of nuclear fuel recycling. (May 14, 2004) Electricity Review Japan 2003-2004 Newsletters(Power Line):Promotion of MOX Fuel Use in Thermal Reactors Presidents of electric utilities unanimously decided to reaffirm the promotion of nuclear fuel recycling. (May 14, 2004) Electricity Review Japan 2003-2004 Newsletters(Power Line):Promotion of MOX Fuel Use in Thermal Reactors ... (vol.24 March, 2004)

58. (S-8) Nuclear Energy Site Map (S8) nuclear power. A Review of Nuclear Structure. The way the Sun generates its energy helps understand the way a nuclear power station does so. http://www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Snuclear.htm

Site Map (S-8) Nuclear Power Note: This is a side-excursion into the basics of nuclear energy Bear in mind that even without math, this can be a fairly difficult subject and that the discussion is rather lengthy. The ideas from section S-7 are reviewed in what follows next. The rest of the section is a qualitative discussion of all key processes involved in the practical use nuclear energy. A Review of Nuclear Structure The way the Sun generates its energy helps understand the way a nuclear power station does so. The two processes are however quite different. Here some facts about the way protons and neutrons combine to form nuclei, as covered in section S-7 about the Sun: helium Unlike gravity or electrical forces, the nuclear force is effective only at very short distances. At greater distances, the protons repel each other because they are positively charged, and charges of the same kind repel. For that reason, the protons forming the nuclei of ordinary hydrogenfor instance, in a balloon filled with hydrogendo not combine to form helium (a process which also would require some to combine with electrons and become neutrons). They cannot get close enough for the nuclear force, which attracts them to each other, to become important! Only in the core of the Sun, under extreme pressure and temperature, can such a process take place. Other small nuclei can similarly combine into bigger ones and release energy, but in combining such nuclei, the amount of energy released is much smaller. The reason is that while the process

59. Nuclear Power Reactors In a nuclear power plant, the fission of Uranium atoms in the reactor provides the heat to produce steam for generating electricity. http://reactor.engr.wisc.edu/power.html

College of Engineering University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin Nuclear Reactor Tour Nuclear Reactors In most electric power plants, water is heated and converted into steam, which drives a turbine-generator to produce electricity. Fossil-fueled power plants produce heat by burning coal, oil, or natural gas. In a nuclear power plant, the fission of Uranium atoms in the reactor provides the heat to produce steam for generating electricity. Several commercial reactor designs are currently in use in the United States. The most widely used design consists of a heavy steel pressure vessel surrounding a reactor core . The reactor core contains the Uranium fuel . The fuel is formed into cylindrical ceramic pellets about one-half inch in diameter, which are sealed in long metal tubes called fuel tubes. The pins are arranged in groups to make a fuel assembly. A group of fuel assemblies forms the core of the reactor. How They Work Heat is produced in a nuclear reactor when neutrons strike Uranium atoms causing them to fission in a continuous chain reaction Control elements , which are made of materials that absorb neutrons, are placed among the fuel assemblies. When the control elements, or control rods as they are often called, are pulled out of the core, more neutrons are available and the chain reaction speeds up, producing more heat. When they are inserted into the core, more neutrons are absorbed, and the chain reaction slows or stops, reducing the heat.

60. (S-8) Nuclear Energy Overviews the principles of nuclear fission and its use to generate power, why uranium can be fissioned, n/p ratio and delayed neutrons, moderators, also Chernobyl and 3Mile Island. http://www.phy6.org/stargaze/Snuclear.htm

Site Map (S-8) Nuclear Power Note: This is a side-excursion into the basics of nuclear energy Bear in mind that even without math, this can be a fairly difficult subject and that the discussion is rather lengthy. The ideas from section S-7 are reviewed in what follows next. The rest of the section is a qualitative discussion of all key processes involved in the practical use nuclear energy. A Review of Nuclear Structure The way the Sun generates its energy helps understand the way a nuclear power station does so. The two processes are however quite different. Here some facts about the way protons and neutrons combine to form nuclei, as covered in section S-7 about the Sun: helium Unlike gravity or electrical forces, the nuclear force is effective only at very short distances. At greater distances, the protons repel each other because they are positively charged, and charges of the same kind repel. For that reason, the protons forming the nuclei of ordinary hydrogenfor instance, in a balloon filled with hydrogendo not combine to form helium (a process which also would require some to combine with electrons and become neutrons). They cannot get close enough for the nuclear force, which attracts them to each other, to become important! Only in the core of the Sun, under extreme pressure and temperature, can such a process take place. Other small nuclei can similarly combine into bigger ones and release energy, but in combining such nuclei, the amount of energy released is much smaller. The reason is that while the process

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