Uranium zirconium hydride

This compound, quite different from uranium hydride, is used as the fuel in the TRIGA reactor. Uranium zirconium hydride is used in most research reactors at universities.

References

Nuclear technology

Science

γ-camera	RadBall Scintigraphy Single-photon emission (SPECT) Positron-emission tomography (PET scan)

X-ray	Projectional radiography Computed tomography

Therapy

Weapons

Topics	Arms race Delivery Design Disarmament Ethics Explosion effects History Proliferation Testing high-altitude underground Warfare Yield TNTe

Lists	States with nuclear weapons Tests 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

by primary moderator

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by coolant

Water

H₂O	RBMK EGP-6

Gas

CO₂	Uranium Naturel Graphite Gaz (UNGG) Magnox Advanced gas-cooled (AGR)

He	Ultra-high-temperature experiment (UHTREX) Pebble-bed (PBMR) (HTR-PM) Gas-turbine modular-helium (GTMHR) Very-high-temperature (VHTR)

Molten-salt

FLiBe	Fuji MSR Liquid-fluoride thorium reactor (LFTR) Molten-Salt Reactor Experiment (MSRE) Integral Molten Salt Reactor (IMSR)

None
(fast)

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)

Generation IV	Sodium (SFR) BN-600 BN-800 BN-1200 PFBR CEFR Lead (LFR) Helium gas (GFR)

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

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