Nuclear Power Collection

A nuclear submarine berthing at Devonport docks, Plymouth, Devon, 1980. The site has been established as a naval construction and refit yard since 1690

Tokamak-15 nuclear fusion reactor C013 / 1348
Tokamak-15 nuclear fusion reactor. Nuclear engineer standing on top of the Tokamak-15 (T-15) nuclear fusion reactor at the Kurchatov Institute of Nuclear Power, near Moscow, Russia

ITER fusion research reactor, computer artwork. ITER, the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor, is being designed to test the principles surrounding the generation of power from nuclear

Nuclear power station, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Atomic structure, artwork
Atomic structure. Computer artwork of electrons orbiting a central nucleus. This is a classical schematic Bohr model of an atom

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Hinkley Point B Nuclear Power Station, with two nuclear reactors under construction at Hinkley Point C Nuclear Power station, near Stogursey, Somerset, 2020

Nuclear-powered spacecraft, artwork
Nuclear-powered spacecraft at Ganymede, computer artwork. Ganymede is one of the moons of Jupiter. The spacecraft is powered by nuclear fusion, the same process that takes place in the Sun

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Two nuclear reactors at Hinkley Point C Nuclear Power station under construction, near Stogursey, Somerset, 2020

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Hinkley Point B Nuclear Power Station, with two nuclear reactors under construction at Hinkley Point C Nuclear Power station, near Stogursey, Somerset, 2020

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Two nuclear reactors at Hinkley Point C Nuclear Power station under construction, near Stogursey, Somerset, 2020

A staff member removes the Iranian flag from the stage after a group picture with foreign ministers and representatives of United States, Iran, China, Russia, Britain, Germany

Orbit and Launch Facility Concept. Creator: NASA
Orbit and Launch Facility Concept. Artists impression of an orbit and launch facility which was to use a nuclear SNAP-II nuclear power supply on the end of the long telescoping boom

Enrico Fermi, Italian-born American nuclear physicist, c1942. Fermi (1901-1954) constructed the first working nuclear reactor, in a squash court at the University of Chicago in 1942

Cheviot-Black Sheep graze at Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station, Cumberland, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Sheep at Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station, Cumberland, 20th century. Calder Hall, first connected to the grid on 27 August 1956 and officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 17 October 1956

Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station, Cumberland, UK, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station, Cumberland, UK, 20th century. Cooling towers (left) and reactors (centre) with transmission lines at the worlds first

Calder Hall nuclear power station, Cumbria. Artist: UKAEA
Calder Hall nuclear power station, Cumbria. Calder Hall, the worlds first full scale commercial nuclear power station opened on 17 October 1956

Uranium mining. Miner extracting uranium ore from an underground mine. This is the Gluboky uranium mine, in the Chita region of Russia

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Reactor vessel of Veronezh nuclear station, Russia
Interior of a nuclear power station. View of the reactor vessel of an RBMK-type nuclear power reactor. The RBMK design is used extensively throughout the CIS and eastern Europe

View from Karlsturm tower at Peterstirn Castle over the Main River with Schweinfurt municipal park and industrial estate, with Grafenrheinfeld Nuclear Power Plant in the distance, Schweinfurt

Flag of the International Telecommunication Union, ITU

Uranium gas centrifuge enrichment units C017 / 3756
Uranium gas centrifuge enrichment units. This stage in the production of fuel for nuclear power plants takes place at a gas centrifuge enrichment plant (GCEP)

Ranger uranium oxide mine, Australia C016 / 6643
Ranger uranium oxide mine, an open pit mine in Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia

Plutonium Recycle Test Reactor, 1950s C018 / 0625
Plutonium Recycle Test Reactor (PRTR), aerial photograph. This site was part of the Hanford Engineer Works (or Hanford Site), on the Columbia River, in Washington state, USA

Koeberg nuclear power station C017 / 1929
Koeberg nuclear power station. Aerial view of the Koberg Nuclear Power Station, Western Cape, South Africa. Koeberg is currently (as of 2013)

First nuclear submarine Nautilus, artwork
First nuclear submarine. Cut-away computer artwork of USS Nautilus (SS-571), the worlds first operational nuclear-powered submarine

Penly nuclear power station, France C017 / 7917
Penly nuclear power station. View of the Penly nuclear power station, Normandy, France, with the English Channel in the background

Penly nuclear power station, France C017 / 7918
Penly nuclear power station. View of the Penly nuclear power station, Normandy, France, with chalk cliffs and the English Channel in the background

Penly nuclear power station, France C017 / 7916
Penly nuclear power station. View of the Penly nuclear power station, Normandy, France, with the English Channel in the background

USA, Ohio, Locust Point, Davis Besse nuclear power plant along Lake Erie

Nuclear-powered icebreaker, Russia
Nuclear-powered icebreaker being guided by tug boats (one at left) on seagoing tests following its construction at a shipyard. This icebreaker is named 50 Years of Victory

Russian miners. Group of miners in a lift going up after the end of their shift. This is the Gluboky uranium mine in the Chita region of Russia

Uranium ore processing. Worker walking past a furnace in a facility for processing uranium ore. In this case, uranium carbonate, which is a common component of uranium ores, is being processed

Transporting waste nuclear fuel. Train of nuclear waste containers being transported from a nuclear power station to a nuclear fuel reprocessing site

Worker in a control room of nuclear power station

Colliding beam fusion reactor, computer artwork. This is one design for a nuclear fusion reactor that could be used for producing power

Nuclear power station turbine. The turbine is housed in the cylindrical area at centre, and is partially sunk into the floor

Chapelcross Nuclear Power Station, Scotland
Chapelcross Nuclear Power Station. Chapelcross Nuclear Power Station, Annan, Dumfries, Scotland. Commissioned in 1959, Chapelcross was based on Calder Hall, England

Nuclear fusion experiment. Electron stream (horizontal blue line) being channelled along a magnetic field line in a nuclear fusion experiment

Nuclear fuel production, Russia
Nuclear fuel production at the Novosibirsk Chemical Concentrate Works, Russia. This is the starting stage, where material in the blue drums (from processed uranium ore)

Cooling towers at Sellafield nuclear power plant
One of the cooling towers at the Sellafield nuclear reprocessing & power plant in Cumbria, north-west England. Sellafield was formerly known as Windscale

Waste nuclear fuel containers. Workers preparing to examine nuclear waste containers (large cylinders) at a mining site. The containers will be used to tranport waste nuclear fuel from nuclear power

Nuclear power station, Volgodonsk, Russia
Nuclear power station. Reactor building at a Russian nuclear power station. Pipelines and electricity pylons are also seen

Nuclear fuel assembly, Russia
Nuclear fuel assembly. Workers inspecting fuel pin bundles being produced at a nuclear fuel assembly factory. Each bundle (two seen here) is being held and moved by lifting machinery

N. Dollezhal, Soviet nuclear engineer
Nikolay Antonovich Dollezhal (1899-2000), Soviet nuclear engineer, at a meeting of the USSR Academy of Sciences. Dollezhal participated in the Soviet atomic bomb project from 1946

Albert Einstein. Artwork of Albert Einstein (1879- 1955), German-Swiss-US physicist. Einstein is most famous for his mass-energy equation (E=mc2), derived from his 1905 paper on Special Relativity

Soviet engineers and physicists, 1954
Soviet engineers and physicists. From left to right: Vasily Mishin (1917-2001), rocket engineer; Mstislav Keldysh (1911-1978), mathematician; Igor Kurchatov (1903-1960)

Abram Alikhanov, Soviet nuclear physicist
Abram Isaakovich Alikhanov (1904-1970), Soviet nuclear physicist. Alikhanovs most famous work was in 1949, when he and his team created the first Soviet heavy water nuclear reactor

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"Nuclear Power: Harnessing the Energy of the Future" The Tokamak-15 nuclear fusion reactor C013/1348 represents a groundbreaking step towards achieving clean and sustainable energy. Nestled in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England, the Nuclear Power Station stands as a testament to mankind's quest for efficient electricity generation. In 1980, a nuclear submarine gracefully berthed at Devonport docks in Plymouth, Devon, showcasing the immense power harnessed beneath the ocean's surface. The ITER fusion research reactor symbolizes international collaboration in unlocking the potential of nuclear fusion as an abundant energy source. Through captivating artwork depicting atomic structures, we gain insight into the intricate beauty that lies within nuclear power. Hinkley Point (33900_001) serves as a beacon of hope for meeting our growing energy demands while simultaneously combating climate change. Imaginative artwork portraying nuclear-powered spacecraft ignites our curiosity about exploring distant frontiers with this revolutionary technology. Aerial views of Chernobyl soon after its catastrophic accident remind us of both the dangers and lessons learned from harnessing such formidable forces. Automatic radiation meters deployed in Chernobyl serve as constant guardians against any lingering threats posed by this tragic event. Temelin Nuclear Power Station in South Bohemia, Czech Republic (established in 2000), exemplifies Europe's commitment to safe and responsible utilization of nuclear energy resources. Leningrad Nuclear Power Station stands tall as Russia's contribution to global efforts aimed at providing reliable electricity through advanced technological solutions.