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Science

Chemistry
Engineering
Physics
Atomic nucleus
Fission
Fusion
Radiation {Cesium 137}
- ionizing
- braking

Imaging	RadBall Scintigraphy Single-photon emission (SPECT) Positron-emission tomography (PET)
Therapy	Fast-neutron Neutron capture therapy of cancer Targeted alpha-particle Proton-beam Tomotherapy Brachytherapy Radiation therapy Radiosurgery Radiopharmacology

Weapons

Topics	Arms race Delivery Design Disarmament Ethics Explosion effects History Proliferation Testing high-altitude underground Warfare Yield TNTe
Lists	Estimated death tolls from attacks States with nuclear weapons Historical stockpiles and tests Tests Tests in the United States WMD treaties Weapon-free zones Weapons

Waste

Products	Actinide Reprocessed uranium Reactor-grade plutonium Minor actinide Activation Fission LLFP Actinide chemistry
Disposal	Fuel cycle High-level (HLW) Low-level (LLW) Repository Reprocessing Spent fuel pool cask Transmutation

Debate

Nuclear reactors

Fission

Moderator

Light water

Aqueous homogeneous
Boiling
- BWR
- ABWR
- ESBWR
- Kerena
Natural fission
Pressurized
- AP1000
- APR-1400
- APR+
- APWR
- ATMEA1
- CAP1400
- CPR-1000
- EPR
- HPR-1000
  - ACPR1000
  - ACP1000
- VVER
- IPWR-900
- many others
Supercritical (SCWR)

Heavy water
by coolant

D₂O	Pressurized CANDU CANDU 6 CANDU 9 EC6 AFCR ACR-1000 CVTR IPHWR IPHWR-220 IPHWR-540 IPHWR-700 PHWR KWU MZFR R3 R4 Marviken
H₂O	HWLWR ATR HW BLWR 250 Steam-generating (SGHWR) AHWR
Organic	WR-1
CO₂	HWGCR EL-4 KKN KS 150 Lucens

Graphite
by coolant

Water

H₂O	AM-1 AMB-X EGP-6 RBMK

Gas

CO₂	Uranium Naturel Graphite Gaz (UNGG) Magnox Advanced gas-cooled (AGR)
He	GTMHR MHR-T UHTREX VHTR (HTGR) PBR (PBMR) AVR HTR-10 HTR-PM THTR-300 PMR

Molten-salt

Fluorides	Fuji MSR Liquid-fluoride thorium reactor (LFTR) Molten-Salt Reactor Experiment (MSRE) Integral Molten Salt Reactor (IMSR) TMSR-500 TMSR-LF1

None
(fast-neutron)

Breeder (FBR) Integral (IFR) Liquid-metal-cooled (LMFR) Small sealed transportable autonomous (SSTAR) Traveling-wave (TWR) Energy Multiplier Module (EM2) Reduced-moderation (RMWR) Fast Breeder Test Reactor (FBTR) Dual fluid reactor (DFR)
Generation IV	Sodium (SFR) BN-350 BN-600 BN-800 BN-1200 CFR-600 Phénix Superphénix PFBR FBR-600 CEFR PFR PRISM Lead Helium gas (GFR) Stable Salt Reactor (SSR)

Others

Fusion
by confinement
Magnetic	Field-reversed configuration Levitated dipole Reversed field pinch Spheromak Stellarator Tokamak
Inertial	Bubble (acoustic) Fusor electrostatic Laser-driven Magnetized-target Z-pinch
Other	Dense plasma focus Migma Muon-catalyzed Polywell Pyroelectric

Category
Commons

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Fusion power, processes and devices

Core topics

Processes,
methods

Confinement
type

Gravitational	Alpha process Triple-alpha process CNO cycle Fusor Helium flash Nova remnants Proton–proton chain Carbon-burning Lithium burning Neon-burning Oxygen-burning Silicon-burning R-process S-process
Magnetic	Dense plasma focus Field-reversed configuration Levitated dipole Magnetic mirror Bumpy torus Reversed field pinch Spheromak Stellarator Theta pinch Tokamak Spherical Toroidal solenoid Z-pinch
Inertial	Bubble (acoustic) Laser-driven Ion-driven Magnetized liner inertial fusion
Electrostatic	Fusor Polywell

Other forms

Devices,
experiments

Magnetic
confinement

Tokamak

International	ITER DEMO PROTO
Americas	STOR-M Alcator C-Mod ARC SPARC DIII-D Electric Tokamak LTX NSTX PLT TFTR Pegasus ETE TCABR Novillo [es]
Asia, Oceania	CFETR EAST HT-7 HL-2A HL-2M SUNIST ADITYA SST-1 JT-60 QUEST [ja] GLAST KSTAR TT-1
Europe	JET COMPASS GOLEM [cs] TFR WEST ASDEX Upgrade TEXTOR DTT FTU IGNITOR ISTTOK T-15 TCV MAST-U START STEP

Stellarator

Americas	CNT CTH HIDRA HSX Model C NCSX SCR-1
Asia, Oceania	H-1NF Heliotron J LHD
Europe	WEGA Wendelstein 7-AS Wendelstein 7-X TJ-II Uragan-2M Uragan-3M [uk]

RFP

Magnetized target

Other

Inertial
confinement

Laser

Americas	Argus Cyclops Janus LIFE Long path NIF Nike Nova OMEGA Shiva
Asia	GEKKO XII
Europe	HiPER Asterix IV (PALS) LMJ LULI2000 ISKRA Vulcan

Non-laser

Applications

v t e Types of nuclear fusion reactor
by confinement
Magnetic	Field-reversed configuration Levitated dipole Reversed field pinch Spheromak Stellarator Tokamak
Inertial	Bubble (acoustic) Fusor electrostatic Laser-driven Magnetized-target Z-pinch
Other	Dense plasma focus Migma Muon-catalyzed Polywell Pyroelectric
Nuclear fission reactors List of nuclear reactors Nuclear technology

Types of nuclear fission reactor

Moderator

Light water

Aqueous homogeneous
Boiling
- BWR
- ABWR
- ESBWR
- Kerena
Natural fission
Pressurized
- AP1000
- APR-1400
- APR+
- APWR
- ATMEA1
- CAP1400
- CPR-1000
- EPR
- HPR-1000
  - ACPR1000
  - ACP1000
- VVER
- IPWR-900
- many others
Supercritical (SCWR)

Heavy water
by coolant

D₂O	Pressurized CANDU CANDU 6 CANDU 9 EC6 AFCR ACR-1000 CVTR IPHWR IPHWR-220 IPHWR-540 IPHWR-700 PHWR KWU MZFR R3 R4 Marviken
H₂O	HWLWR ATR HW BLWR 250 Steam-generating (SGHWR) AHWR
Organic	WR-1
CO₂	HWGCR EL-4 KKN KS 150 Lucens

Graphite
by coolant

Water

H₂O	AM-1 AMB-X EGP-6 RBMK

Gas

CO₂	Uranium Naturel Graphite Gaz (UNGG) Magnox Advanced gas-cooled (AGR)
He	GTMHR MHR-T UHTREX VHTR (HTGR) PBR (PBMR) AVR HTR-10 HTR-PM THTR-300 PMR

Molten-salt

Fluorides	Fuji MSR Liquid-fluoride thorium reactor (LFTR) Molten-Salt Reactor Experiment (MSRE) Integral Molten Salt Reactor (IMSR) TMSR-500 TMSR-LF1

None
(fast-neutron)

Breeder (FBR) Integral (IFR) Liquid-metal-cooled (LMFR) Small sealed transportable autonomous (SSTAR) Traveling-wave (TWR) Energy Multiplier Module (EM2) Reduced-moderation (RMWR) Fast Breeder Test Reactor (FBTR) Dual fluid reactor (DFR)
Generation IV	Sodium (SFR) BN-350 BN-600 BN-800 BN-1200 CFR-600 Phénix Superphénix PFBR FBR-600 CEFR PFR PRISM Lead Helium gas (GFR) Stable Salt Reactor (SSR)

Others

Radiation (physics and health)

Main articles

Non-ionizing radiation	Acoustic radiation force Infrared Light Starlight Sunlight Microwave Radio waves Ultraviolet
Ionizing radiation	Radioactive decay Cluster decay Background radiation Alpha particle Beta particle Gamma ray Cosmic ray Neutron radiation Nuclear fission Nuclear fusion Nuclear reactors Nuclear weapons Particle accelerators Radioactive materials X-ray
Earth's energy budget Electromagnetic radiation Synchrotron radiation Thermal radiation Black-body radiation Particle radiation Gravitational radiation Cosmic background radiation Cherenkov radiation Askaryan radiation Bremsstrahlung Unruh radiation Dark radiation

Radiation
and health

Radiation incidents

v t e Radiation protection
Main articles	Background radiation Dosimetry Health physics Ionizing radiation Internal dosimetry Radioactive contamination Radioactive sources Radiobiology
Measurement quantities and units	Absorbed dose Becquerel Committed dose Computed tomography dose index Counts per minute Effective dose Equivalent dose Gray Mean glandular dose Monitor unit Rad Roentgen Rem Sievert
Instruments and measurement techniques	Airborne radioactive particulate monitoring Dosimeter Geiger counter Ion chamber Scintillation counter Proportional counter Radiation monitoring Semiconductor detector Survey meter Whole-body counting
Protection techniques	Lead shielding Glovebox Potassium iodide Radon mitigation Respirators
Organisations	Euratom HPS (USA) IAEA ICRU ICRP IRPA SRP (UK) UNSCEAR
Regulation	IRR (UK) NRC (USA) ONR (UK) Radiation Protection Convention, 1960
Radiation effects	Acute radiation syndrome Radiation-induced cancer
See also the categories Medical physics, Radiation effects, Radioactivity, Radiobiology, and Radiation protection

v t e Radiation poisoning
General	Acute Chronic Accidents Experiments Biological timeline
Conditions	Radiation burn Radiation-induced cancer Radiation-induced cognitive decline Radiation-induced lung injury
Treatments	Dose fractionation Radioresistance Radiation protection Radiation dose reconstruction

v t e Nuclear and radioactive disasters, former facilities, tests and test sites
Lists of disasters and incidents	Crimes involving radioactive substances Criticality accidents and incidents Nuclear meltdown accidents Military nuclear accidents Nuclear and radiation accidents and incidents Nuclear and radiation accidents by death toll Nuclear and radiation fatalities by country Nuclear weapons tests China France India North Korea Pakistan South Africa Soviet Union United Kingdom in Australia in the United States United States Sunken nuclear submarines List of orphan source incidents Nuclear power accidents by country
Individual accidents and sites	2019 Nyonoksa radiation accident 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident 2001 Instituto Oncológico Nacional#Accident 1996 San Juan de Dios radiotherapy accident 1990 Clinic of Zaragoza radiotherapy accident 1987 Goiânia accident 1986 Chernobyl disaster Effects Related articles 1985 Chazhma Bay nuclear accident 1985–1987 Therac-25 accident 1982 Andreev Bay nuclear accident 1980 Kramatorsk radiological accident 1979 Three Mile Island accident and Three Mile Island accident health effects 1969 Lucens reactor 1962 Thor missile launch failures at Johnston Atoll under Operation Fishbowl 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis 1961 K-19 nuclear accident 1961 SL-1 nuclear meltdown 1957 Kyshtym disaster 1957 Windscale fire 1957 Operation Plumbbob 1954 Totskoye nuclear exercise Bikini Atoll Hanford Site Rocky Flats Plant 1945 Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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