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• Nuclear Electric — was formed as a result of the privatisation of the UK Electricity Supply Industry. When the Central Electricity Generating Board (CEGB) was split up, its power stations were divided between PowerGen and National Power. The nuclear stations,… …   Wikipedia

• Nuclear electric rocket — In a nuclear electric rocket, nuclear thermal energy is changed into electrical energy that is used to power one of the electrical propulsion technologies. Technically the powerplant is nuclear, not the propulsion system, but the terminology is… …   Wikipedia

• Nuclear electric power — (nuclear power)   Electricity generated by the use of the thermal energy released from the fission of nuclear fuel in a reactor.   U.S. Dept. of Energy, Energy Information Administration s Energy Glossary …   Energy terms

• nuclear-electric rocket — noun a rocket with an ion engine powered by a nuclear reactor See Also: nuclear rocket, nuclear thermal rocket, nuclear pulse rocket, electric rocket …   Wiktionary

• Nuclear marine propulsion — is propulsion of a ship by a nuclear reactor. Naval nuclear propulsion is propulsion that specifically refers to naval warships (see Nuclear navy). Only a very few experimental civil nuclear ships have been built; the elimination of fossil fuel… …   Wikipedia

• Nuclear propulsion — includes a wide variety of propulsion methods that fulfil the promise of the Atomic Age by using some form of nuclear reaction as their primary power source. Contents 1 Surface ships and submarines 2 Cars 3 Aircraft …   Wikipedia

• Nuclear power in the United Kingdom — United Kingdom energy related articles Government energy policy Energy use and conservation Nuclear power Solar power Wind power Energy efficiency in …   Wikipedia

• Nuclear thermal rocket — Sketch of nuclear thermal rocket …   Wikipedia

• Nuclear salt-water rocket — A nuclear salt water rocket (or NSWR) is a proposed type of nuclear thermal rocket designed by Robert Zubrin that would be fueled by water bearing dissolved salts of Plutonium or U235. These would be stored in tanks that would prevent a critical… …   Wikipedia

• Nuclear pulse propulsion — An artist s conception of the Project Orion basic spacecraft, powered by nuclear pulse propulsion. Nuclear pulse propulsion (or External Pulsed Plasma Propulsion, as it is termed in one recent NASA document[1]) is a proposed method of spacecraft… …   Wikipedia

• Nuclear photonic rocket — In a nuclear photonic rocket, a nuclear reactor would generate such high temperatures that the blackbody radiation from the reactor would provide significant thrust. The disadvantage is that it takes a lot of power to generate a small amount of… …   Wikipedia