The Nuclear Reactor Operator Badge is an obsolete qualification badge of the United States Army which was issued between the years of 1965 and 1990. In...
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A reactor operator (or nuclear reactor operator) is an individual at a nuclear power plant who is responsible for directly controlling a nuclear reactor...
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SL-1 (redirect from SL-1 Reactor Accident)
three operators were working. As the water struck the top of the reactor vessel, it propelled the entire reactor vessel to the ceiling of the reactor room...
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engine throttles, naturally maintains reactor power without intervention from a reactor operator. The S7G reactor was never used on a ship. In the late...
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effect of allowing "steam demand" to control reactor power, requiring little intervention by the Reactor Operator for changes in the power demanded by the...
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A boiling water reactor (BWR) is a type of nuclear reactor used for the generation of electrical power. It is the second most common type of electricity-generating...
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A1B reactor is more efficient, more adaptable, smaller, and lighter than the A4W design. It also has improved operator interfaces. Nuclear reactors power...
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A pressurized water reactor (PWR) is a type of light-water nuclear reactor. PWRs constitute the large majority of the world's nuclear power plants (with...
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This caused an explosion and destroyed most of the reactor building due to operator error and reactor design flaws. The explosion spread debris and radioactive...
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loops in a pressurized water reactor. The initial cause of the accident happened 11 hours earlier, during an attempt by operators to fix a blockage in one...
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RBMK (redirect from Light water graphite moderated reactor)
reactor") is a class of graphite-moderated nuclear power reactor designed and built by the Soviet Union. It is somewhat like a boiling water reactor as...
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Self-regulatory organization Senior reactor operator, a supervisory position overseeing the work of the nuclear reactor operators Senior responsible owner, a...
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licensed reactor operator from 1971-1972 on Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's zero-power open-pool university research reactor at the Reactor Critical...
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of the Army, 1 February 2020, last accessed 13 April 2020 Nuclear Reactor Operator Badges, Qualification Badges, The Institute of Heraldry, last accessed...
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workers killed in the immediate aftermath of the explosion of the plant's reactor. However, by late 1986, Soviet officials updated the official count to...
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concept for a light-water reactor system. Along with the SECURE reactor, it relied on passive measures, not requiring operator actions or external energy...
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Iodine pit (redirect from Reactor poisoning)
of the reactor operators. The interdependence of 135Xe buildup and the neutron flux can lead to periodic power fluctuations. In large reactors, with little...
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for measuring the properties of an atmosphere Reactor operator, a person who controls a nuclear reactor Reverse osmosis, a water purification process...
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the containment structures. To avoid this, the protocol called for reactor operators to manually open and close the condenser loop using electrically operated...
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A nuclear reactor is a device used to initiate and control a fission nuclear chain reaction. They are used for commercial electricity, marine propulsion...
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States Navy and attended Nuclear Power School to become a nuclear reactor operator. Yegge received a bachelor's degree in computer science from the University...
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Generation III reactors, or Gen III reactors, are a class of nuclear reactors designed to succeed Generation II reactors, incorporating evolutionary improvements...
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The X-10 Graphite Reactor is a decommissioned nuclear reactor at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Formerly known as the Clinton...
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a reactor operator, shutdown reactor operator, and all intermediate watches. Upon subsequent transfer to an NPTU or another nuclear ship, operators are...
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Army Nuclear Power Program (redirect from Army Reactors Branch)
Byrnes (the reactor operator) had lifted the rod and caused the excursion, Legg (the shift supervisor) was standing on top of the reactor vessel and was...
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TMSR-LF1 (category Graphite moderated reactors)
: "liquid fuel thorium-based molten salt experimental reactor") is a 2 MWt molten salt reactor (MSR) prototype operating in northwest China.[location...
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first shutdown as operator. The operators attempted to perform a rundown test before scheduled routine maintenance, during which reactor 4 exploded. In preparation...
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Boiling water reactor safety systems are nuclear safety systems constructed within boiling water reactors in order to prevent or mitigate environmental...
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Chernobyl disaster (redirect from Chernobyl reactor accident)
cooling the reactor during an accident in blackout conditions. The operators carried out the test despite an accidental drop in reactor power, and due...
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which is a different reactor technology, as being "inherently protected without requiring emergency power, safety systems, or operator intervention". The...
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