The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to nuclear power:
Nuclear power – the use of sustained nuclear fission to generate heat and electricity. Nuclear power plants provide about 6% of the world's energy and 13–14% of the world's electricity, with the U.S., France, and Japan together accounting for about 50% of nuclear generated electricity.
What type of thing is nuclear power?
Nuclear power can be described as all of the following:
Nuclear technology (outline) – technology that involves the reactions of atomic nuclei. Among the notable nuclear technologies are nuclear power, nuclear medicine, and nuclear weapons. It has found applications from smoke detectors to nuclear reactors, and from gun sights to nuclear weapons.
Electricity generation – the process of generating electric energy from other forms of energy. The fundamental principles of electricity generation were discovered during the 1820s and early 1830s by the British scientist Michael Faraday. His basic method is still used today: electricity is generated by the movement of a loop of wire, or disc of copper between the poles of a magnet.
Science of nuclear power
Nuclear engineering
Nuclear chemistry
Nuclear fission
Nuclear physics
Atomic nucleus
Ionizing radiation
Nuclear fission
Radiation
Radioactivity
Radioisotope thermoelectric generator
Steam generator (nuclear power)
Nuclear material
Nuclear material
Nuclear fuel
Fertile material
Thorium
Uranium
Enriched uranium
Depleted uranium
Plutonium
Deuterium
Tritium
Nuclear reactor technology
Nuclear reactor technology
Types of nuclear reactors
Advanced gas-cooled reactor
Boiling water reactor
Fast breeder reactor
Fast neutron reactor
Gas-cooled fast reactor
Generation IV reactor
Integral Fast Reactor
Lead-cooled fast reactor
Liquid-metal-cooled reactor
Magnox reactor
Molten salt reactor
Pebble bed reactor
Pressurized water reactor
Sodium-cooled fast reactor
Supercritical water reactor
Very high temperature reactor
Dangers of nuclear power
Lists of nuclear disasters and radioactive incidents
Nuclear reactor accidents in the United States
Radioactive waste
Nuclear proliferation
Nuclear terrorism
Radioactive contamination
Notable accidents
2011 Japanese nuclear accidents
1986 List of Chernobyl-related articles
1985 Soviet submarine K-431
1979 Three Mile Island accident
1968 Soviet submarine K-27
1961 Soviet submarine K-19
History of nuclear power
History of nuclear power
Atomic Energy Commission (disambiguation)
History of uranium
Lists of nuclear disasters and radioactive incidents
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission (1946-1948)
United States Atomic Energy Commission (1946-1974)
Nuclear renaissance
Nuclear power industry
Environmental impact of nuclear power
Nuclear renaissance
Relative cost of electricity generated by different sources
Uranium mining
Uranium mining debate
Nuclear power plant
Uranium processing
Isotope separation
Enriched uranium
Nuclear reprocessing
Reprocessed uranium
Nuclear power plants
Economics of new nuclear power plants
Nuclear power plant emergency response team
List of nuclear reactors
Reactor building
Specific nuclear power plants
List of nuclear power stations
List of cancelled nuclear plants in the United States
Baltic nuclear power plant (disambiguation)
Belarusian nuclear power plant project
Berkeley nuclear power station
Bradwell nuclear power station
Chapelcross nuclear power station
Dodewaard nuclear power plant
Heysham nuclear power station
Hinkley Point A nuclear power station
Hinkley Point C nuclear power station
Hunterston A nuclear power station
Hunterston B nuclear power station
Russian floating nuclear power station
Sizewell nuclear power stations
Trawsfynydd nuclear power station
Nuclear waste
High-level radioactive waste management
List of nuclear waste treatment technologies
Nuclear power by region
Nuclear power by country
List of nuclear power accidents by country
Nuclear power in Asia
Nuclear power in India
India's three stage nuclear power programme
Nuclear power in Indonesia
Nuclear power in Japan
Nuclear power in North Korea
Nuclear power in Pakistan
Nuclear power in South Korea
Nuclear power in Taiwan
Nuclear power in Thailand
Nuclear power in the People's Republic of China
Nuclear power in the Philippines
Nuclear power in the United Arab Emirates
Nuclear power in Australia
Nuclear power in Europe
Nuclear power in the European Union
Nuclear power in Albania
Nuclear power in Belarus
Nuclear power in Bulgaria
Nuclear power in the Czech Republic
Nuclear power in Finland
Nuclear power in France
Nuclear power in Germany
Nuclear power in Italy
Nuclear power in Romania
Nuclear power in Russia
Nuclear power in Scotland
Nuclear power in Spain
Nuclear power in Sweden
Nuclear power in Switzerland
Nuclear power in Ukraine
Nuclear power in the United Kingdom
Nuclear power in North America
Nuclear power in Canada
Nuclear power in the United States
Nuclear power plants in New Jersey
Nuclear power companies
Companies in the nuclear sector – list of all large companies which are active along the nuclear chain, from uranium mining, processing and enrichment, to the actual operating of nuclear power plant and waste processing.
BKW FMB Energie AG
ČEZ Group
China Guangdong Nuclear Power Group
China National Nuclear Corporation
China Nuclear International Uranium Corporation
E.ON
E.ON Kernkraft GmbH
E.ON Sverige
Electrabel
Électricité de France
Eletronuclear
Endesa (Spain)
Energoatom
Fennovoima
Fortum
Iberdrola
Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power
Bhavini
Nuclear Power Corporation of India
Nuclearelectrica
OKB Gidropress
Resun
Rosenergoatom
RWE
Unión Fenosa
Teollisuuden Voima
Vattenfall
Vattenfall Europe Nuclear Energy GmbH
Nuclear safety
Nuclear safety
Event tree
Event tree analysis
Exclusion area
International Nuclear Safety Center
Nuclear power plant emergency response team
Reactor protection system
Nuclear safety in the United States
Nuclear power in space
Nuclear power in space
Advanced Stirling Radioisotope Generator
Politics of nuclear power
Alsos Digital Library for Nuclear Issues
Anti-nuclear movement
Anti-nuclear movement in Germany
Anti-nuclear movement in the United States
Anti-nuclear power movement in Japan
Anti-nuclear protests
Anti-nuclear protests in the United States
Nuclear energy policy
Nuclear power debate
Nuclear power phase-out
Nuclear power proposed as renewable energy
Nuclear whistleblowers
Nuclear renaissance
Uranium mining debate
Politics of nuclear power by region
1978 Austrian nuclear power referendum
2008 Lithuanian nuclear power referendum
1980 Swedish nuclear power referendum
Nuclear regulatory agencies
Association Nationale des Comités et Commissions Locales d'Information (France)
Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (India)
Autorité de sûreté nucléaire (France)
Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission
Brazilian–Argentine Agency for Accounting and Control of Nuclear Materials
Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
International Nuclear Regulators' Association
Japanese Atomic Energy Commission
Japanese Nuclear Safety Commission
Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (Japan, retired)
Nuclear Regulation Authority (Japan)
Kernfysische dienst (The Netherlands)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (USA)
Pakistan Nuclear Regulatory Authority
Säteilyturvakeskus (Finland)
Nuclear power organizations
See also Nuclear regulatory agencies, above
Alsos Digital Library for Nuclear Issues
International Nuclear Safety Center
Against
Friends of the Earth International, a network of environmental organizations in 77 countries.
Greenpeace International, a non-governmental environmental organization with offices in 41 countries.
Nuclear Information and Resource Service (International)
World Information Service on Energy (International)
Sortir du nucléaire (France)
Pembina Institute (Canada)
Institute for Energy and Environmental Research (United States)
Sayonara Nuclear Power Plants (Japan)
Supportive
Nuclear power groups
World Nuclear Association, a confederation of companies connected with nuclear power production. (International)
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Nuclear Energy Institute (United States)
American Nuclear Society (United States)
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (United Kingdom)
EURATOM (Europe)
Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (Canada)
Environmentalists for Nuclear Energy (International)
Nuclear power publications
Nuclear Power and the Environment
Reaction Time: Climate Change and the Nuclear Option
World Nuclear Industry Status Report
In Mortal Hands
Persons influential in nuclear power
Scientists
Enrico Fermi – an American physicist
James Chadwick
Politicians
Harry Truman
Ed Markey
Naoto Kan
Nobuto Hosaka
Angela Merkel
Engineers
David Lochbaum
Arnold Gundersen
George Galatis
See also
Fusion power
Future energy development
German nuclear energy project
Inertial fusion power plant
Linear no-threshold model
Polywell
World energy resources and consumption
References
External links
Nuclear Energy Institute – Beneficial Uses of Radiation
Nuclear Technology
Reactor Power Plant Technology Education – Includes the PC-based BWR reactor simulation.
Alsos Digital Library for Nuclear Issues – Annotated Bibliography on Nuclear Power
An entry to nuclear power through an educational discussion of reactors
Argonne National Laboratory – Maps of Nuclear Power Reactors
Briefing Papers from the Australian EnergyScience Coalition
British Energy – Understanding Nuclear Energy / Nuclear Power
Coal Combustion: Nuclear Resource or Danger?
"Congressional Research Service report on Nuclear Energy Policy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 December 2007. (94.0 KB)
Energy Information Administration provides lots of statistics and information
How Nuclear Power Works
IAEA Website The International Atomic Energy Agency
IAEA's Power Reactor Information System (PRIS)
Nuclear Power: Climate Fix or Folly? (2009)
Nuclear Power Education Archived 22 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine
Nuclear Tourist.com, nuclear power information
Nuclear Waste Disposal Resources
The World Nuclear Industry Status Reports website
Wilson Quarterly – Nuclear Power: Both Sides
TED Talk – Bill Gates on energy: Innovating to zero!
LFTR in 5 Minutes – Creative Commons Film Compares PWR to Th-MSR/LFTR Nuclear Power.