Nuclear Engineering, 12--ZIN
Nuclear engineering is based on fundamental principles of physics and mathematics that describe nuclear interactions and the transport of neutrons and gamma rays. These phenomena in turn are dependent on heat transfer, fluid flow, chemical reactions, and behaviour of materials when subjected to radiation.
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12-Day War
On June 13, 2025, Israel conducted a major operation against Iran. The anticipated attack, which targeted nuclear......
2026 Iran war
2026 Iran war, conflict centered on Iran that was initiated by the United States and Israel on February 28, 2026,......
Agreed Framework
Agreed Framework, 1994 political agreement in which North Korea agreed to suspend its nuclear power program in......
Argonne National Laboratory
Argonne National Laboratory, the first U.S. national research laboratory, located in Argonne, Illinois, some 40......
Atomic Energy Commission
Atomic Energy Commission, U.S. federal civilian agency established by the Atomic Energy Act, which was signed into......
Atoms for Peace speech
Atoms for Peace speech, speech delivered to the United Nations by U.S. Pres. Dwight D. Eisenhower on December 8,......
Bhabha, Homi
Homi Bhabha was an Indian physicist who laid the foundation for the country’s nuclear energy program. As founder......
Chernobyl disaster
Chernobyl disaster, accident in 1986 at the Chernobyl nuclear power station in the Soviet Union, the worst disaster......
European Atomic Energy Community
European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom), international organization established by one of the Treaties of Rome......
ExxonMobil Holdings Corporation
ExxonMobil Holdings Corporation is an American oil and gas company and the publicly traded parent of Exxon Mobil......
fissile material
fissile material, in nuclear physics, any species of atomic nucleus that can undergo the fission reaction. The......
Fukushima accident
Fukushima accident, accident in 2011 at the Fukushima Daiichi (“Number One”) plant in northern Japan, the second......
Hanford Site
Hanford Site, large U.S. nuclear site established during World War II for the production of plutonium, some of......
Hinton, Christopher Hinton, Baron
Christopher Hinton, Baron Hinton was an engineer who was a leading figure in the development of the nuclear energy......
International Atomic Energy Agency
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), autonomous intergovernmental organization dedicated to increasing the......
Kurchatov, Igor Vasilyevich
Igor Vasilyevich Kurchatov was a Soviet nuclear physicist who guided the development of his country’s first atomic......
Lenin
Lenin, world’s first nuclear-powered surface ship, a large icebreaker built by the Soviet Union in Leningrad (St.......
Long Beach
Long Beach, first nuclear-powered cruiser, launched by the U.S. Navy in 1959. With a length of 721 feet (219 metres)......
Marshall Islands atomic bomb tests
The Marshall Islands atomic bomb tests were carried out by the United States between July 1946 and August 1958......
Nevada Test Site
Nevada Test Site (NTS), nuclear testing site operated by the U.S. Department of Energy and located in Nye County,......
nuclear energy
nuclear energy, energy that is released in significant amounts in processes that affect atomic nuclei, the dense......
nuclear engineering
nuclear engineering, the field of engineering that deals with the science and application of nuclear and radiation......
nuclear power
nuclear power, electricity generated by power plants that derive their heat from fission in a nuclear reactor.......
Sakharov, Andrey
Andrey Sakharov was a Soviet nuclear theoretical physicist, an outspoken advocate of human rights, civil liberties,......
Sarabhai, Vikram
Vikram Sarabhai was an Indian physicist and industrialist who initiated space research and helped develop nuclear......
Seaborg, Glenn T.
Glenn T. Seaborg was an American nuclear chemist best known for his work on isolating and identifying transuranium......
Teller, Edward
Edward Teller was a Hungarian-born American nuclear physicist who participated in the production of the first atomic......
Three Mile Island accident
Three Mile Island accident, accident in 1979 at the Three Mile Island nuclear power station that was the most serious......
Trinity test
Trinity test, detonation of the first atomic bomb at 5:29:45 am on July 16, 1945. The bomb, a plutonium implosion......
Tsar Bomba
Tsar Bomba, Soviet thermonuclear bomb that was detonated in a test over Novaya Zemlya island in the Arctic Ocean......
uranium-235
uranium-235 (U-235), radioactive isotope of the element uranium with a nucleus containing 92 protons and 143 neutrons.......
Vela
Vela, any of a series of 12 unmanned U.S. reconnaissance satellites developed to detect radiation from nuclear......
Windscale fire
Windscale fire, accident in 1957 at the Windscale nuclear reactor facility and plutonium-production plant in the......
Women Strike for Peace
Women Strike for Peace (WSP), organization that evolved out of an international protest against atmospheric nuclear......
Zinn, Walter Henry
Walter Henry Zinn was a Canadian-born nuclear physicist, who contributed to the U.S. atomic bomb project during......