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{{short description|Rocket driven by nuclear fusion power}} ...Fusion Driven Rocket including major subsystems.png|thumb|A schematic of a fusion-driven rocket by [[NASA]]]] ...

...f the walls, the reactor can run at much higher temperatures. Conventional reactors have stricter limitations because the [[Nuclear reactor core|core]] would m ...ate with efficiencies roughly double that of the traditional liquid-cooled reactors which use the [[Rankine cycle]] and reach about 35% efficiency. The complex ...

...ding%20the%20Atom/SNAP%20Nuclear%20Space%20Reactors.pdf SNAP Nuclear Space Reactors]''</ref><ref>Space.com (May 17, 2013), ''[http://www.space.com/21199-space- ...ion]], and the possibility of a [[fusion rocket]], assuming that [[nuclear fusion]] technology is developed at some point in the near future.{{citation_neede ...

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...en atomic [[nucleon]]s are either separated (fission) or brought together (fusion). The energy available is given by the [[nuclear binding energy#Nuclear bin ...o a part of the [[Manhattan Project]], as were the [[plutonium]]-producing reactors of the [[Hanford Engineer Works]]. ...

...leus|atomic nuclei]]. Among the notable nuclear technologies are [[nuclear reactors]], [[nuclear medicine]] and [[nuclear weapon]]s. It is also used, among oth ...ear, either through radiation from the [[Sun]] caused by [[Stellar surface fusion|stellar thermonuclear reactions]] or by radioactive decay of uranium within ...

...resonance]] (NMR) machines, magnetic confinement [[Nuclear fusion|fusion]] reactors (e.g. [[Tokamak|tokamaks]]), and the beam-steering and focusing magnets use ===Magnetic fusion devices=== ...

...evel radioactive material; also, the number of suitable activation nuclear reactors is declining; with a lack of irradiation facilities, the technique has decl * A D-T fusion reaction in a [[Neutron generator|gas discharge tube]] ...

{{short description|Nuclear fusion reaction}} ...rmation of bubble; slow expansion; quick and sudden contraction; purported fusion event.]] ...

{{Short description|Apparatus to create nuclear fusion}} [[File:Nuclear Fusion.jpg|thumb|A homemade fusor]] ...

|research_field = [[Nuclear fusion|Fusion]], [[Plasma Physics]], [[Quantum Information Sciences]], [[Microelectronics ...e. Its primary mission is research into and development of [[fusion energy|fusion as an energy source]]. It is known for the development of the [[stellarator ...

{{Short description|Type of nuclear fusion reactor}} ...[magnetic field]]s. The mirror was one of the earliest major approaches to fusion power, along with the [[stellarator]] and [[Z-pinch]] machines. ...

...terplanetary spaceflight]] capability from Earth orbit. [[Nuclear fusion]] reactors could also be used, perhaps providing somewhat higher power.{{Citation need ...

...[[United States Air Force|US Air Force]] also contributed funding to three reactors, the lab's first computers, and its first particle accelerators.<ref name=" ...viability of [[molten salt reactor]]s, while also producing fuel for other reactors as a byproduct of its own reaction.<ref name="swords" /> The [[High Flux Is ...

...http://www.ocrwm.doe.gov/factsheets/doeymp0010.shtml Oklo: Natural Nuclear Reactors—Fact Sheet] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081020201724/htt ...here are two primary isotopes used for fission reactions inside of nuclear reactors. ...

...pon design|nuclear weapons]], [[nuclear marine propulsion|naval propulsion reactors]], some [[research reactor]]s, and certain specialized reactor designs. The ...is taken directly from the Earth is not suitable as fuel for most nuclear reactors and requires additional processes to make it usable (the [[CANDU]] design i ...

...reactor]] and is a low-abundance byproduct in normal operations of nuclear reactors. ...lear fusion]] fuel, along with more abundant [[deuterium]], in [[tokamak]] reactors and in [[hydrogen bomb]]s. Tritium has also been used commercially in [[Bet ...

...ic]], that is, it would not release the dangerous radiation of traditional fusion or require the much higher temperatures thereof.<ref>{{cite web |url=https: ...with deuteron targets (incidentally, the first demonstration of [[nuclear fusion]]).<ref>{{cite journal|title=Transmutation Effects Observed with Heavy Hydr ...

{{Short description|Nuclear fusion reaction}} ...reaction|proton–proton]] (p–p), CNO, and [[Triple-alpha process|triple-α]] fusion processes at different temperatures (T). The dashed line shows the combined ...

...size it. Plutonium is known mainly for its use in atomic bombs and nuclear reactors.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bradford |first1=Alina |title=Facts About Plutonium ...t involve [[nuclear reactor]]s or [[particle accelerator]]s, via [[nuclear fusion]] or [[neutron absorption]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kulkarni |first1=Mayuri ...