Nuclear Reactors

Fission of U-235

Chain Reaction

First Reactor ConstructionEnrico Fermi December 1942

Graphite Reactor BuildingOak Ridge Tennessee

Graphite Reactor Cross Section

Loading Face

Control Room

Output Power Level

Plutonium Spheres

Severe Radiation Burns

Pressurized Water Reactor

Steam Generator

Boiling Water Reactor

Fuel Assembly

Fuel Assembly Removal

Refueling

Three Mile Island

VALVE FAILURE!

Graphite Moderator Reactor

RBMK Reactor Core

Spent Fuel Storage (Cool Down)

Dry Cask

Emergency Generator

Main Generators

Generator Transformer

Substations