Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Actinide lifecycle in nuclear reactor

actinide lifecycle in nuclear reactors

Original - Buildup of heavy actinides in thermal reactors.

Reason

The image clearly explains a very complex system that is difficult to visualize. The image is an svg. It is informative and succinct.

Articles this image appears in

Curium, Neutron, Integral Fast Reactor, Fertile material, Isotopes of plutonium, Minor actinide, Americium-242, Plutonium-241, Plutonium-242, Reactor-grade plutonium

Creator

JWB

• Support as nominator --Achannel (talk) 18:12, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
• Vote Against --Swiss Frank 26 May 2019. I know I'm a decade late but just in case this graphic is ever considered again, I want to note this graphic, as cool as it is, has a huge problem in that it doesn't even explain what the pink and green lines are. It's not even suitable for use on the pages it's used on, much less any kind of feature, until that is corrected.