how many rbmk reactors are in the world?
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The World Nuclear Association lists ten RBMK reactors that are still operating in Russia (one RBMK was recently decommissioned in Saint Petersburg in 2018). Russia is now the only country with these reactors, which were designed and built by the Soviet Union.
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Ukraine inaugurates giant dome over destroyed Chernobyl reactor. Ukraine and its European partners on Wednesday formally inaugurated a new metal dome encasing the destroyed reactor at the infamous Chernobyl plant, wrapping up a two-decade effort.
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Tsar Bomba (in Russian, Царь-бомба) is the Western nickname for the Soviet RDS-220 (РДС-220) hydrogen bomb (code name Vanya). Detonated by the Soviet Union on October 30, 1961, Tsar Bomba is the largest nuclear device ever detonated and the most powerful man-made explosion in history.
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['Fuel. Uranium is the basic fuel. ... ', 'Moderator. Material in the core which slows down the neutrons released from fission so that they cause more fission. ... ', 'Control rods. ... ', 'Coolant. ... ', 'Pressure vessel or pressure tubes. ... ', 'Steam generator. ... ', 'Containment. ... ', 'Nuclear power plants in commercial operation or operable.']
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There are five missions in Russia as of 2017. In 2018, Russell M. Nelson announced that a temple would be constructed in a major city in Russia.
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The Soviet Union of Russia (USSR) tested its first nuclear weapon RDS-1 in August 1949, starting the race for nuclear weapons with the US. The USSR detonated its largest nuclear weapon, Tsar Bomba, with a yield of 50 megatons (equivalent to the power of 3,800 Hiroshima bombs) in 1961.
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The NRCRM estimate around five million citizens of the former USSR, including three million in Ukraine, have suffered as a result of Chernobyl, while in Belarus around 800,000 people were registered as being affected by radiation following the disaster.
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As of 2019, the U.S. has an inventory of 6,185 nuclear warheads; of these, 2,385 are retired and awaiting dismantlement and 3,800 are part of the U.S. stockpile. Of the stockpiled warheads, the U.S. stated in its March 2019 New START declaration that 1,365 are deployed on 656 ICBMs, SLBMs, and strategic bombers.
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The USA has 98 operating nuclear power reactors in 30 states, operated by 30 different power companies. Since 2001 these plants have achieved an average capacity factor of over 90%, generating up to 807 TWh per year and accounting for about 20% of the total electricity generated.
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Nine countries currently have nuclear weapons: the US, UK, Russia, France, China, India, Pakistan, Israel and North Korea.
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Nuclear fission creates heat Reactors use uranium for nuclear fuel. The uranium is processed into small ceramic pellets and stacked together into sealed metal tubes called fuel rods. Typically more than 200 of these rods are bundled together to form a fuel assembly.
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Duke Energy operates 11 nuclear units at six sites in North Carolina and South Carolina. Together, these facilities can generate about 10,700 megawatts. Duke Energy's nuclear plants generate about half of the electricity for our customers in the Carolinas, with production costs among the lowest in the nation.
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The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant comprised six separate boiling water reactors originally designed by General Electric (GE) and maintained by the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO). At the time of the Tōhoku earthquake on 11 March 2011, Reactors 4, 5, and 6 were shut down in preparation for re-fueling.
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Koeberg is rated at 1,860 MW, its average annual production is 13,668 GWh and it has two large turbine generators (2 × 970 MW). Each reactor delivers 970 MW (gross) and is capable of delivering 930 MW (net) to the grid.
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At the time of the Chernobyl disaster, the RBMK reactors had graphite 'followers' on the end of their control rods. The purpose of the graphite followers was to increase the 'worth' of the control rods. ... Inserting a control rod normally reduces the reactivity of the core as I described.
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['China = 765 million.', 'India = 391 million.', 'United States = 245 million.', 'Brazil = 126 million.', 'Japan = 116 million.', 'Russia = 109 million.']