Intro to Reactors 2: Reactor Overview and Uranium, Plutonium, and Thorium
In this series, I will teach you the basics of nuclear reactors. The technical level will be for an informed citizen audience, not a nuclear engineer audience (although maybe you will think differently lol). Part 2 will cover the fundamentals of Fuels, Moderators, and Coolants, and then go more in-depth on Fuels, and Part 3 will go in-depth on Moderators and Coolants, and talk about classes of nuclear reactor designs.
References/Further Reading:
Reactors and Fuels & Nuclear Reactors: • Reactors and Fuels & Nuclear Reactors
Reactors, Fuels & Associated Subjects: Graphite Moderated - Allen Croff: • Reactors, Fuels & Associated Subjects: Gra...
Reactor Fuels - Allen Croff: • Reactor Fuels - Allen Croff
Timestamps
00:00 Intro
00:05 Fuel
03:01 Reactor Neutron Spectrum
09:30 Moderators and Coolants
12:49 Control Rods/Neutron Absorbers
15:23 Uranium
21:51 Plutonium
31:23 Thorium
38:44 Other Fuels