This energy trapped in the reactor is used as a heat source to drive a steam turbine and create electricity. |
The cargo lander would include an aerobrake heat shield and a nuclear reactor on a robot truck. |
A gout of white heat erupted from the star in the centre of the reactor, fusing metal and spewing out into space. |
Depleted uranium is a by-product of the process in which uranium is enriched to become reactor fuel or weapons-grade material. |
All I can say is that it is a good job that I am not in charge of a nuclear reactor. |
When a fuel rod is spent and removed from the reactor, it is hot and highly radioactive. |