How does a nuclear reactor work? This cutaway diagram of the No. 32 Windscale AGR reactor in Sellafield, U.K., gives a few clues.
The image, one of 23 in a collection of nuclear-reactor diagrams on Flickr, is from 1961, so presumably there have been a few upgrades since then, especially considering it was the site of Britain's worst nuclear accident in history. Seems every country has one of those, don't they?
Click on the thumbnail below to see the image enlarged, and follow the Flickr link to see the other reactor images.
Flickr, via Cool-Mo-Dee
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