N nuclear power plant
Definition (english only)
A power plant in which nuclear energy is converted into heat for use in producing steam for turbines, which in turn drive generators that produce electric power.
In a nuclear power plant, fission takes place inside a reactor. Most nuclear power plants use uranium as fuel because its atoms are easily split apart. Uranium is a metal found in rocks all over the world.
The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant accidentally released massive amounts of radioactive materials resulting in a radioactive cloud that spread over a big past of Europe from Belarus, Russia and Ukraine.
In 1986, a reactor exploded at the nuclear power plant at Chernobyl in the former Soviet Union, and the environmental, health and social consequences are still being felt almost 20 years later.
defense-in-depth The nuclear power plant design basis used to ensure maximum protection of the environment from an inadvertent release of fission products.
deflocculating agent A material added to a suspension to prevent settling.
They cover products with expected lives much longer than typical cut-off dates in the statute of repose, products like nuclear power plant components, medical devices such as pacemakers, elevators, airplanes, home appliances, playground equipment, ...
 See also: Nuclear power, Waste, Environment, Water, Air
  
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