Nuclear engineering/Related Articles

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Parent topics

• Engineering [r]: a branch of engineering that uses chemistry, biology, physics, and math to solve problems involving fuel, drugs, food, and many other products. ^[e]
• Nuclear physics [r]: A branch of the science of physics involving nuclei of atoms, sub-atomic particles, and any reactions involving them. ^[e]

Subtopics

• Moderator (nuclear) [r]: Materials, in nuclear engineering, that reduce the flow of particles or electromagnetic radiation ^[e]
• Nuclear power reconsidered [r]: a reconsideration of nuclear power plants (using non-explosive nuclear reactions to make steam, which in turn is used to generate electricity) in light of current world factors ^[e]
• Fission device [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Fusion device [r]: An explosive device, whether used as a weapon or for other purposes, which depends for most of its explosive power on the release of energy by combining atomic nuclei ^[e]
• Nuclear weapon [r]: Add brief definition or description

Other related topics

• Atomic number [r]: The number of protons in the nucleus of a single atom of a chemical element. ^[e]
• Isotope [r]: An atom of a chemical element with a specific number of neutrons and hence a specific nuclear mass, such as carbon-14 (¹⁴C). ^[e]
• Nuclear chemistry [r]: Subfield of chemistry dealing with radioactivity, nuclear processes and nuclear properties. ^[e]
• Nuclear fuel cycle [r]: Add brief definition or description