Glossary
a
Ablator
Absorber
Absorber (solar)
Accelerator-driven Transmutation Technology, ADTT
Accumulation hydroelectric power plant
Accumulator (thermal)
Active solar systems
Activity
Aerodynamic shape
Agricultural waste
Alcoholic fermentation
Alpha particle
Alpha radiation
Anaerobic fermentation
Anemometer
Aneutronic fusion
Angle of attack
Annual coefficient of utilization
Atmosphere
Atom
Atomic number
b
Bagasse
Base load power plant
Beaufort scale
Becquerel, Bq
Beryllium, Be
Beta radiation
Betatron
Binary cycle geothermal power plant
Binding energy
Bio-oil
Biodiesel
Biofuel
Biogas
Biogas station
Biomass
Biorefinery
Black liquor
Blanket
Boiling Water Reactor, BWR
Bonded chemical energy
Bootstrap current
Boron, B
Breakeven
Bremsstrahlung
c
CANDU (Canada Deuterium Uranium)
CNO cycle
Cadmiu, Cd
Caesium, Cs
Carbon bond energy
Central solenoid
Central tower solar power plant
Chlorophyll
Cladding
Classical stellarator
Closed cycle
Cogeneration plant
Cold (bubble) fusion
Collective behaviour
Combustible biomass
Combustion
Compressed air energy storage
Concave mirror
Concentric solar collector
Condensation
Confinement time
Containment
Control (regulating) rod
Coolant
Cooling towers
Copper, Cu
Cosmic radiation
Coulomb force
Critical mass
Critical state
Cross-flow (Banki-Michell) turbine
Cross-section
Cryopump
Cryostat
Curie, Ci
Current drive
e
Earth
Earth core
Earth crust
Earth mantle
Eddy currents
Edge Localised Mode, ELM
Einstein equation
Elastic scattering
Electric charge
Electric current
Electron
Electron Cyclotron Resonance Heating, ECRH
Electron excitation
Electron temperature
Electronvolt, eV
Electrostatic confinement
Electrostatic repulsive force
Energetic electrons
Energetic plants
Enrichment
Equivalent dose
Esterification
Evaporation
External heating
f
Fast Breeder Reactor, FBR
Fast Neutron Reactor, FNR
Fast breeder reactor
Fast ignition
Fast neutron
Fault lines
Ferromagnetic
Figure 8 stellarator
Final geological repository
First wall
Fission
Fission chain reaction
Fission products
Fixed bed generator
Flood
Flow
Fluidized bed generator
Flywheel generator
Focal point (focus)
Francis turbine
Fresnel lens
Fuel assembly
Fuel cell
Fuel pellet
Fuel rod
Fumarole
Fusion
Fusion energy gain factor, Q
Fusion power plant
Fusion products
Fusion reactor
Fusor
g
Gadolinium, Gd
Gamma radiation
Gas turbine
Gas-cooled Reactor, GCR
Gasifying
Gearbox
Genetic modification
Geothermal
Geothermal energy
Geothermal power plant
Geothermal reservoir
Geothermal system
Geyser
Glow discharge
Graphite
Gray, Gy
Greenhouse
Greenhouse effect
Greenhouse gas
Guide vanes (wicket gates)
h
H-mode
Half-life
Heat exchanger
Heat transfer medium
Heavy water
Helias
Helical coil
Helical magnetic field
Heliostat
Heliotron
Helium, He
High Temperature Gas-cooled Reactor, HTGR
High-Voltage Direct Current, HVDC
Hohlraum
Horizontal axis turbine
Hormesis
Hot spring
Hydraulic head
Hydroelectric power plant
Hydrogen (thermonuclear) bomb
Hydrogen, H
Hydropower
i
INES (International nuclear and radiological event scale)
Ignition
Ignition temperature
Impurities
In-vessel coil
Indirect drive
Inelastic scattering
Inertial confinement
Infrared light
Inherent safety
Integrated photovoltaics
Interim storage
International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor, ITER
International atomic energy agency, IAEA
Iodine, I
Ion
Ion Cyclotron Resonance Heating, ICRH
Ion temperature
Ionizing radiation
Island divertor
Isotope
m
Magma
Magnetic coil
Magnetic confinement
Magnetic field
Magnetic induction
Magnetic mirror
Magnetic surface
Magneto-inertial fusion
Manure
Mass number
Microwave
Mirror
Mixed oxide fuel (MOX fuel)
Moderator
Modular coils
Modular stellarator
Molten fluoride salts
Molten salt thermal energy storage technology, MSES
Monocrystal
Muon fusion
n
Nacelle
Nano-material
Natural background radiation
Neodymium-doped glass laser, Nd:glass
Neutral Beam Injection, NBI
Neutron
Neutron flux
Neutron multiplier
Niobium-tin, Nb₃Sn
Niobium-titanium, NbTi
Nitrogen, N
Nuclear (strong) force
Nuclear accident
Nuclear energy
Nuclear fuel
Nuclear power plant
Nuclear reactions
Nuclear reactor
Nuclear safety
Nucleon
p
P-N junction
Parabolic dish collector (concentrator)
Parabolic mirror
Parabolic trough collector
Particle accelerator
Particle diffusion
Particle loss
Particle transport
Passive solar systems
Peak load power plant
Pellet
Pelton turbine
Penstock
Photon
Photosensitivity
Photosynthesis
Photovoltaic cell (solar cell)
Photovoltaic effect
Photovoltaic farm
Photovoltaic panel
Phytomass
Pinch effect
Plasma
Plasma core
Plasma temperature
Plasma-facing components
Plutonium, Pu
Poloidal coils
Polycrystal
Port
Positron
Potential energy
Power output
Precipitation
Pressure energy
Pressure vessel
Pressurized Heavy Water Reactor, PHWR
Pressurized Water Reactor, PWR
Primary circuit
Proton
Proton-boron fusion
Proton-proton chain (p-p chain)
Pumped storage hydroelectric power plant
Pyrolysis
Pyrolytic gas
r
Racetrack stellarator
Radiation
Radiation embrittlement
Radiation loss
Radiative capture
Radioactive decay
Radioactive waste
Radioactivity
Radiocarbon dating
Radionuclide
Radon, Ra
Rankine cycle
Rare-earth Barium Copper Oxide, ReBCO
Rayleigh-Taylor instabilities
Reaction chamber
Reactor core
Reactor poisoning
Reaktor Bolshoy Moshchnosti Kanalnyy, RBMK
Receiver
Reciprocating combustion engine
Refuelling
Rem
Reprocessing
Reservoir
Revolutions per minute, rpm
Runaway electrons
Runner
s
Scientific breakeven
Scram
Scrape-off layer, SOL
Secondary circuit
Segner wheel
Semiconductor
Shaft
Shut-off (emergency) rod
Sievert, Sv
Single-null-divertor
Small hydroelectric power plant
Sodium, Na
Solar (thermal) collector
Solar concentrator
Solar farm
Solar hot air collector
Solar radiation
Solar thermal power plant
Solar updraft tower
Speed of the wind
Spent (burnt) fuel
Spherical tokamak
Spheromak
Spillway
Star
Steam cycle
Steam generator
Stellarator
Stirling engine
Strobe effect
Strontium, Sr
Subcritical state
Sun
Superconductor
Supercritical state
Superheated water
Supernova
t
Target
Teller-Ulam design
Tesla, T
Thermal (slow) neutron
Thermal efficiency
Thermal shield
Thermoelectric generator
Thermonuclear
Thermonuclear fusion (reaction)
Theta pinch
Thomson scattering laser
Thorium, Th
Tidal power plant
Tidal stream generator
Tide
Tokamak
Tokamak aspect ratio
Tokamak major radius
Tokamak minor radius
Toroidal coils
Torsatron
Torus
Transformer
Transformer core
Transmutation
Trigeneration
Triple alpha process
Triple fusion product
Tritium breeding
Tritium, T
Trombe wall
Tungsten, W
Turbulence