An assembly of fissile fuel (U-235 or PU-239) arranged in a geometric array. The assembly can be made to go critical such that a chain reaction starts which builds up a neutron flux inside the...
1. The only shunt reactors I know are used on transmission lines to alter power factor. This is nothing to do with the nuclear reactor in a power plant. Answer 2. I agree. Shunt reactors are use on...
Highly unlikely if not altogether impossible. In a core meltdown, you might see a steam explosion if the core melts and breaches the containment structure and hits say cooling water. But even a...
The nuclear energy generated in the core of a nuclear reactor results from nuclear fission in the fuel. The fissions in the fuel create a lot of thermal energy (heat), and the heat is carried off by...