Version: 2008

Photos: Inside a nuclear reactor

  • Font size
  • Print
July 9, 2009 4:00 AM PDT

The "canal" at INL's Advanced Test Reactor is a nuclear fuels storage tank and cooling pond. Fuels are placed well below the surface of the water for cooling, which can take 200 days or more.

Click here for the entire Road Trip 2009 package.

Photo by Daniel Terdiman/CNET

More Galleries

advertisement
News
News site map
Latest headlines
Contact News
News staff
Corrections
CNET blogs
Popular topics
Apple iPhone
Apple iPod
Cell phones
CES 2010
GPS
LCD TV
CNET sites
CNET Site map
CNET TV
Downloads
News
Reviews
Shopper.com
More information
Newsletters
CNET Mobile
Customer Help Center
RSS
CNET Widgets
About CNET