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Graphite used as a reflector or moderator within a nuclear reactor
Nuclear graphite is any grade of graphite, usually synthetic graphite, manufactured for use as a moderator or reflector within a nuclear reactor. Graphite
Nuclear_graphite
Crystalline form of carbon
Graphite (/ˈɡræfaɪt/) is a crystalline allotrope (form) of the element carbon. It consists of many stacked layers of graphene, typically in excess of hundreds
Graphite
Type of Soviet nuclear power reactor
moshchnosti kanalnyy, "high-power channel-type reactor") is a class of graphite-moderated nuclear power reactor designed and built by the Soviet Union. It is somewhat
RBMK
Type of nuclear reactor
used nuclear graphite as a moderator. Graphite-moderated reactors were involved in two of the best-known nuclear disasters: an untested graphite annealing
Graphite-moderated_reactor
Decommissioned nuclear reactor in Tennessee, US
The X-10 Graphite Reactor is a decommissioned nuclear reactor at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Formerly known as the Clinton Pile
X-10_Graphite_Reactor
World's first human-made nuclear reactor
absorption cross section of 4.97 mbarns, the AGOT graphite is considered as the first true nuclear-grade graphite. By November 1942, National Carbon had shipped
Chicago_Pile-1
Part of a reactor containing the fuel
the neutron reactions. There are also graphite moderated reactors in use. One type uses solid nuclear graphite for the neutron moderator and ordinary
Nuclear_reactor_core
First industrial-scale reactor in the Soviet Union
nuclear reactor to go critical in the Soviet Union, and the first geographically situated in Asia. It was designed as a light water-cooled, graphite-moderated
A-1_(nuclear_reactor)
The light water graphite reactor (LWGR) is a design of nuclear reactor that uses purified graphite as a neutron moderator and light water (H2O) as a liquid
Light_water_graphite_reactor
Nuclear power safety method that does not require electrical power nor intervention
molten salt reactor run by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. It was nuclear graphite moderated and the coolant salt used was FLiBe, which also carried the
Passive_nuclear_safety
1986 nuclear accident in the Soviet Union
of luminescence for graphite at 700°C and not a large-scale graphite fire, as some have incorrectly assumed." Similarly, nuclear physicist Yevgeny Velikhov
Chernobyl_disaster
Type of very-high-temperature reactor
is a type of nuclear reactor where the nuclear fuel is contained within a bed of pyrolytic graphite spheres (pebbles), with the graphite serving as a
Pebble-bed_reactor
Type of British nuclear reactor
type of nuclear reactor designed and operated by the United Kingdom. These are the second generation of British gas-cooled reactors, using graphite as the
Advanced_gas-cooled_reactor
Device for controlled nuclear reactions
enrichment, or burnup, and the now-obsolete Light water graphite reactor. During early 1940s nuclear research, the phrase "atomic pile" was used for any assembly
Nuclear_reactor
Topics referred to by the same term
Israeli company Paragon Solutions Nuclear graphite, synthetic graphite used as a neutron moderator in nuclear reactors Graphite bomb, a weapon for disabling
Graphite_(disambiguation)
1st episode of Chernobyl
believe that the Nuclear Core exploded despite both hearing the claims of some of the workers and seeing the scattered nuclear graphite on the roof of one
1:23:45
Type of nuclear reactor
is also easy and inexpensive to obtain unlike heavy water or even nuclear graphite. Compared to reactors operating on natural uranium, PWRs can achieve
Pressurized_water_reactor
Nuclear reaction splitting an atom into multiple parts
heavy water, and graphite. According to John C. Lee, "For all nuclear reactors in operation and those under development, the nuclear fuel cycle is based
Nuclear_fission
2019 historical drama television miniseries
been widely praised. Chernobyl dramatizes the story of the April 1986 nuclear plant disaster which occurred in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
Chernobyl_(miniseries)
Former air-cooled graphite-moderated nuclear reactors
The Windscale Piles were two air-cooled graphite-moderated nuclear reactors on the Windscale nuclear site in Cumberland (now known as Sellafield site,
Windscale_Piles
US Nuclear thermal rocket engine project (1956–1973)
outlined the design of a nuclear-powered rocket with a solid-core graphite heat exchanger. They reluctantly concluded that although nuclear thermal rockets were
NERVA
Nuclear research reactor in Moscow, Russia
structure with a diameter of about 6 meters is made of loose graphite bricks. The graphite stack has holes in which fuel and control rods are placed, as
F-1_(nuclear_reactor)
U.S. project to build a nuclear thermal rocket
coolant. Nuclear graphite and beryllium were used as neutron moderators and neutron reflectors. The engines were controlled by drums with graphite or beryllium
Project_Rover
content graphite, which resulted in the product "AGOT Graphite" of National Carbon. According to W. P. Eatherly, it was "the first true nuclear grade graphite"
Herbert_G._MacPherson
Material fuelling nuclear reactors
unsuitable for non-nuclear uses but the 14 C concentration will be too low for use in nuclear batteries without enrichment. Nuclear graphite discharged from
Nuclear_fuel
Decommissioned nuclear power plant in Ukraine
(3 mi) northwest from its juncture with the Dnieper River. The RBMK type graphite-moderated reactor used in this plant is considered an unusual design. It
Chernobyl_Nuclear_Power_Plant
Type of nuclear reactor that operates at high temperatures as part of normal operation
gas-cooled reactor (HTGR) is a type of gas-cooled nuclear reactor which uses uranium fuel and graphite moderation to produce very high reactor core output
High-temperature gas-cooled reactor
High-temperature_gas-cooled_reactor
Nuclear power plant in Sosnovy Bor, Leningrad Oblast, Russia
between the fuel channels and the graphite stack (contaminated during the 1975 accident) had widened. The contaminated graphite was spilled, and the radiation
Leningrad_Nuclear_Power_Plant
Type of nuclear reactor, CO2 or He cooled
A gas-cooled reactor (GCR) is a nuclear reactor that uses graphite as a neutron moderator and a gas (carbon dioxide or helium in extant designs) as coolant
Gas-cooled_reactor
Process of transforming certain materials into graphite
carbon materials, such as graphite electrodes used in fuel cells, nuclear reactors or metallurgical applications. Graphitization is of particular interest
Graphitization
Proposed nuclear battery concept
nuclear chain reactions can occur with thermal neutrons. During their use, some of the non-radioactive carbon-12 and carbon-13 isotopes in graphite get
Diamond_battery
Nuclear reactor where the coolant is liquid metal
(2023-03-13). "Sodium Graphite Reactors". What is Nuclear?. Retrieved 2026-06-09. Starr, Chauncey; Dickinson, Robert W. (1958). Sodium Graphite Reactors (PDF)
Liquid_metal_cooled_reactor
Smallest amount of fissile material needed to sustain a nuclear reaction
gradient and nonlinear neutron irradiation on the stress in nuclear graphite reflector". Nuclear Engineering and Design. 431 113715. Bibcode:2025NuEnD.43113715Y
Critical_mass
Field of physics dealing with nuclear reactors
an assembly of nuclear fuel (a reactor core), usually surrounded by a neutron moderator such as regular water, heavy water, graphite, or zirconium hydride
Nuclear_reactor_physics
in March 1944, becoming the world's fourth nuclear reactor. It tested the purity of the nuclear graphite and refined uranium used for all subsequent
305_Test_Pile
Type of spacecraft propulsion system
developed. Nuclear fuel would be highly enriched uranium encapsulated in low-boron graphite balls probably 5–10 cm in diameter. The graphite would also
Nuclear_electric_rocket
Johns, Steve; Windes, William E. (1981-09-01). "Nuclear graphite—The first years". Journal of Nuclear Materials. 100 (1–3). North-Holland: 55–63. Bibcode:1981JNuM
Timeline_of_nuclear_power
Change in nuclear fission rate caused by voids in a reactor
a liquid (e.g., a graphite-moderated, gas-cooled reactor) will have a zero void coefficient. Nuclear fission reactors run on nuclear chain reactions, in
Void_coefficient
Substance that slows down particles with no electric charge
The Nazi Nuclear Program suffered a substantial setback when its inexpensive graphite moderators failed to function. At that time, most graphites were deposited
Neutron_moderator
Chemical synthesis process
Acheson process is a method of synthesizing silicon carbide (SiC) and graphite invented by Edward Goodrich Acheson and patented by him in 1896. The process
Acheson_process
Type of nuclear reactor that uses normal water
nuclear chain reaction, early experimental results rapidly showed that natural uranium could only undergo a sustained chain reaction using graphite or
Light-water_reactor
Chemical element with atomic number 6 (C)
ship cargo holds and coal bunkers, and storage dumps. In nuclear applications where graphite is used as a neutron moderator, accumulation of Wigner energy
Carbon
US nuclear ramjet project, 1957–1964
criticality with reduced fuel, the core was surrounded by a thick nuclear graphite neutron reflector. The Tory II-A design process was completed by early
Project_Pluto
Scale to enable communication of safety information in nuclear accidents
The International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale (INES) was introduced in 1990 by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in order to enable
International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale
International_Nuclear_and_Radiological_Event_Scale
Type of nuclear fission reactor
spent nuclear fuel per kilowatt, and up to thirty-five times more waste generated by neutron activation, such as activated steel and graphite. The authors
Small_modular_reactor
Material similar to graphite
rocket motors, heat shields, laboratory furnaces, in graphite-reinforced plastic, coating nuclear fuel particles, and in biomedical prostheses. It was
Pyrolytic_carbon
Nuclear power plant in North Ayrshire, Scotland
graphite cores. The Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) had raised concerns over the number of fractures in keyways that locked together the graphite
Hunterston B nuclear power station
Hunterston_B_nuclear_power_station
Reactor accident due to core overheating
A nuclear meltdown (core meltdown, core melt accident, meltdown or partial core melt) is a severe nuclear reactor accident that results in core damage
Nuclear_meltdown
Dislocation of atoms in a solid caused by neutron radiation
such as graphite, intended to reduce the speed of fast neutrons, thereby turning them into thermal neutrons capable of sustaining a nuclear chain reaction
Wigner_effect
defuelling earlier than planned due to cracks in the graphite bricks in the reactors. In 2023, the civil nuclear sector in the UK employed about 77,400 people
Nuclear power in the United Kingdom
Nuclear_power_in_the_United_Kingdom
Nuclear reactor, Oak Ridge 1965–1969
15,300 lbs (6,940 kg) coolant pump circulating: 23,566 h Moderator: nuclear graphite Container: Hastelloy-N First fuel: U-235 first critical: 1 June 1965
Molten-Salt Reactor Experiment
Molten-Salt_Reactor_Experiment
Type of nuclear reactor
The UNGG (Uranium Naturel Graphite Gaz) is an obsolete nuclear power reactor design developed in France. It was graphite moderated, cooled by carbon dioxide
UNGG_reactor
2nd episode of Chernobyl
is exposed after seeing the blue glow of radiation-ionized air and nuclear graphite on the roof. Outside the plant, Legasov and Shcherbina confront Viktor
Please Remain Calm (Chernobyl)
Please_Remain_Calm_(Chernobyl)
1957 nuclear accident in England
Sellafield) on the north-west coast of England in Cumberland. The two graphite-moderated reactors, referred to at the time as "piles", had been built
Windscale_fire
Severe events involving radioactive materials
A nuclear and radiation accident is defined by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as "an event that has led to significant consequences to
Nuclear and radiation accidents and incidents
Nuclear_and_radiation_accidents_and_incidents
British materials scientist (born 1966)
crystallography of engineering materials, mainly ceramic matrix composite and nuclear graphite. James Marrow was born on 23 November 1966 in Bromborough, Wirral to
James_Marrow
1994 nuclear agreement between the United States and North Korea
North Korea The main provisions of the agreement were: DPRK's graphite-moderated 5MWe nuclear reactor, and the 50 MWe and 200 MWe reactors under construction
Agreed_Framework
Offline nuclear power plant located in Somerset, England
graphite cores. The Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) had raised concerns over the number of fractures in keyways that lock together the graphite bricks
Hinkley Point B nuclear power station
Hinkley_Point_B_nuclear_power_station
Nuclear spacecraft propulsion technology
his research on "thermal jets" powered by a porous graphite-moderated nuclear reactor at the Nuclear Science and Engineering Seminars LIV organized by
Nuclear_thermal_rocket
Investigations into the Chernobyl nuclear accident
disaster was a catastrophic nuclear disaster that occurred in the early hours of 26 April 1986, at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Soviet Ukraine
Investigations into the Chernobyl disaster
Investigations_into_the_Chernobyl_disaster
New nuclear reactor technologies under development
Generation IV (Gen IV) reactors are nuclear reactor design technologies that are envisioned as successors of generation III reactors. The Generation IV
Generation_IV_reactor
North Korean nuclear site
The Nyongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center (녕변원자력연구소) is North Korea's major nuclear facility, operating its first nuclear reactors. It is located
Nyongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center
Nyongbyon_Nuclear_Scientific_Research_Center
Decommissioned Colorado nuclear power plant
with the high-grade core graphite and the impact on the gas cleaning system. It was arguable that the memorandums from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Fort Saint Vrain Nuclear Power Plant
Fort_Saint_Vrain_Nuclear_Power_Plant
Nuclear reactor design
excellent moderator). The Soviet nuclear program likewise used graphite as a moderator and ultimately developed the graphite-moderated RBMK as a reactor capable
Pressurized heavy-water reactor
Pressurized_heavy-water_reactor
Decommissioned nuclear power plant in Wales
the graphite moderator blocks was still of concern and PAWB continue to campaign for early shut-down of the plant as well as against any nuclear replacement
Wylfa_nuclear_power_station
Nuclear power plant located in France
graphite of one of the reactors, causing a brief heat excursion. This was also classified as 4 on the INES and has been called another worst nuclear accident
Saint-Laurent Nuclear Power Plant
Saint-Laurent_Nuclear_Power_Plant
Research reactor at Brookhaven National Laboratory, US
Brookhaven Graphite Research Reactor (BGRR) was a research reactor located at Brookhaven National Laboratory, a United States Department of Energy national
Brookhaven Graphite Research Reactor
Brookhaven_Graphite_Research_Reactor
In the United States, nuclear power is provided by 94 commercial reactors with a net capacity of 97 gigawatts (GW), with 63 pressurized water reactors
Nuclear power in the United States
Nuclear_power_in_the_United_States
Dual use graphite-moderated reactor, in operation since 1963, expected shutdown in 2010
RBMK - is a class of graphite-moderated nuclear power reactor designed and built by the Soviet Union. "Russia's uranium-graphite ADE-2 reactor to become
ADE-2
facilities. In addition, there is a gas-graphite reactor, HE test site, nuclear fuel fabrication site, nuclear waste storage site Kusungsi – Between 1997
North Korea and weapons of mass destruction
North_Korea_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction
Small modular reactors (SMR) are much smaller than the current nuclear reactors (300 MWe or less) and have compact and scalable designs which propose
List of small modular reactor designs
List_of_small_modular_reactor_designs
Topics referred to by the same term
laboratory and the site of several active and historical nuclear energy projects X-10 Graphite Reactor, on the Oak Ridge National Laboratory campus, built
Oak_Ridge_nuclear_facility
U.S. atomic bomb type used at Nagasaki, 1945
known as Mark III) was the design of the nuclear weapon the United States used for seven of the first eight nuclear weapons ever detonated in history. It
Fat_Man
Nuclear energy extracted from thorium isotopes
Thorium-based nuclear power generation is fueled primarily by the nuclear fission of the isotope uranium-233 produced from the fertile element thorium
Thorium-based_nuclear_power
Group of chemical elements
the readily available alternatives such as water, heavy water and nuclear graphite have limited this to niche applications. In the FLiBe eutectic used
Alkaline_earth_metal
Defunct American nuclear production site
similar to the ill-fated No. 4 Reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, in that it was graphite-moderated, although N Reactor used pressurized water
Hanford_Site
of a key graphite impurity (boron) through a joint collaboration with graphite suppliers. The beginning of the American research about nuclear weapons
History_of_nuclear_weapons
Molten salt reactor prototype
rate: ~42 kg/s Cover gas: Argon (0.05 MPa) volume: 1.6 m3 Moderator: nuclear graphite Structural Material: UNS N10003 superalloy Lifetime: 10 years equivalent
TMSR-LF1
Third-generation pressurised water nuclear reactor design
Reactor Component Plant – Nuclear Power Industry News – Nuclear Power Industry News – Nuclear Street – Nuclear Power Portal". Nuclear Street. 11 May 2011.
EPR_(nuclear_reactor)
Iranian atomic scientific center
Water Subcritical Reactor (LWSCR) Heavy Water Zero Power Reactor (HWZPR) Graphite Subcritical Reactor (GSCR) It was renamed from Uranium Conversion Facility
Isfahan Nuclear Technology/Research Center
Isfahan_Nuclear_Technology/Research_Center
Proposed nuclear power plant design
Thorcon nuclear reactor is a design of a molten salt reactor with a graphite moderator, currently proposed by the US-based Thorcon company. These nuclear reactors
ThorCon_nuclear_reactor
Material with the ability to reflect neutrons; used to control fission reactions
scattering rather than to a specular reflection. Neutron reflectors include graphite, beryllium, steel, tungsten carbide, and gold. A neutron reflector can
Neutron_reflector
all the commercial nuclear reactors in the world, sorted by country, with operational status. The list only includes civilian nuclear power reactors used
List of commercial nuclear reactors
List_of_commercial_nuclear_reactors
Nuclear power plant in Obninsk, Russia (operates 1954–2002)
Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant (Russian: Обнинская АЭС, romanized: Obninskaya AES; pronunciation) was built in the "Science City" of Obninsk, Kaluga Oblast
Obninsk_Nuclear_Power_Plant
Decommissioned nuclear power plant in Visaginas Municipality, Lithuania
Nuclear Power Plant contained two Soviet-designed RBMK-1500 water-cooled graphite-moderated channel-type power reactors. After the Chernobyl disaster of
Ignalina_Nuclear_Power_Plant
Indian nuclear reactor design
the country. Nuclear power in India Nuclear Reactor Nuclear graphite "Minister updates parliament on Indian SMR project - World Nuclear News" https://www
Bharat_Small_Modular_Reactor
Naturally occurring uranium self-sustaining nuclear chain reactions
uranium is only 0.72%. A natural nuclear reactor is therefore no longer possible on Earth without heavy water or graphite. The Oklo uranium ore deposits
Natural nuclear fission reactor
Natural_nuclear_fission_reactor
Decommissioned nuclear power plant in Scotland
the same as Calder Hall, comprising four 180 MWth graphite moderated, carbon dioxide cooled nuclear reactors fuelled by natural abundance uranium (0.71%
Chapelcross nuclear power station
Chapelcross_nuclear_power_station
British nuclear weapons research during WW2
concerned that since the Americans were working on nuclear reactor designs using nuclear graphite instead of heavy water as a neutron moderator, that
Tube_Alloys
When one nuclear reaction causes more
In nuclear physics, a nuclear chain reaction occurs when one single nuclear reaction causes an average of one or more subsequent nuclear reactions, thus
Nuclear_chain_reaction
Very small nuclear reactor of 1-20 MW capacity
A nuclear microreactor is a type of nuclear reactor which can be easily assembled and transported by road, rail or air. Microreactors are 100 to 1,000
Nuclear_microreactor
Nuclear facility in Idaho, United States
Transient Reactor Test Facility (TREAT) is an air-cooled, graphite moderated, thermal spectrum test nuclear reactor designed to test reactor fuels and structural
Transient Reactor Test Facility
Transient_Reactor_Test_Facility
U.S. project 1946–1961
Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion (ANP) program and the preceding Nuclear Energy for the Propulsion of Aircraft (NEPA) project worked to develop a nuclear propulsion
Aircraft_Nuclear_Propulsion
Electricity generation by nuclear fusion
stellarator W7-X: Conclusions drawn from operation with graphite plasma-facing components". Nuclear Fusion. 62 (1): 016006. doi:10.1088/1741-4326/ac3508
Fusion_power
Type of nuclear reactor that uses molten material as fuel
the graphite would solve this issue.[original research?] Several techniques exist to recycle or dispose of nuclear moderator graphite. Graphite is inert
Liquid fluoride thorium reactor
Liquid_fluoride_thorium_reactor
Russian program to develop nuclear weapons during and after World War II
graphite and high purity uranium metal, to construct plutonium production reactors, was a significant challenge. In late 1946, F-1, the first nuclear
Soviet_atomic_bomb_project
Nuclear fuel that has been irradiated in a nuclear reactor
Spent nuclear fuel, occasionally called used nuclear fuel, is nuclear fuel that has been irradiated in a nuclear reactor (usually at a nuclear power plant)
Spent_nuclear_fuel
Iran's nuclear program comprises a number of nuclear facilities, including nuclear reactors and various nuclear fuel cycle facilities. Anarak, near Yazd
Nuclear_facilities_in_Iran
American manufacturer of batteries and lighting products
the company supplied highly purified carbon for the role as nuclear graphite in nuclear fission experiments carried out by Enrico Fermi and Leo Szilard
National_Carbon_Company
Russian nuclear pressurized water reactors
The VM reactor (Russian: реактор ВМ) is type of various series of nuclear pressurized water reactors (PWR). They were used singly or in pairs to power
VM_reactor
NUCLEAR GRAPHITE
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Hindu
One with auspicious marks
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Hindu, Indian, Marathi
Kind; Benevolent
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Greek
(ΑÏκάδιος) Greek name ARKADIOS means "of Arcadia." The place name Arcadia was derived from the word arktos, meaning "bear."
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Bengali, Indian, Traditional
Light of God; A Virtuous Light; A Lighted Lamp; Glowing
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Three Eyed; Durga
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NUCLEAR GRAPHITE
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v. t.
To gather, as about a nucleus or center.
a.
Of or pertaining to a nucleus; as, the nuclear spindle (see Illust. of Karyokinesis) or the nuclear fibrils of a cell; the nuclear part of a comet, etc.
v. t.
To leap or pass by, or over, without touching or failure; as, to clear a hedge; to clear a reef.
pl.
of Nucleus
superl.
Able to perceive clearly; keen; acute; penetrating; discriminating; as, a clear intellect; a clear head.
n.
A substance associated with nuclein in cell nuclei, and by some considered as the fundamental substance of the nucleus.
a.
Having a clear physical or mental vision; having a clear understanding.
adv.
Without limitation; wholly; quite; entirely; as, to cut a piece clear off.
a.
Having a nucleus; nucleated.
a.
Seeing with clearness; discerning; as, clear-sighted reason
n.
A constituent of the nuclei of all cells. It is a colorless amorphous substance, readily soluble in alkaline fluids and especially characterized by its comparatively large content of phosphorus. It also contains nitrogen and sulphur.
n.
A double star; -- applied to the nucleus of a cell, when, during cell division, the loops of the nuclear network separate into two groups, preparatory to the formation of two daughter nuclei. See Karyokinesis.
superl.
Without diminution; in full; net; as, clear profit.
adv.
In a clear manner; plainly.
a.
Alt. of Nuclear
v. t.
To free from impediment or incumbrance, from defilement, or from anything injurious, useless, or offensive; as, to clear land of trees or brushwood, or from stones; to clear the sight or the voice; to clear one's self from debt; -- often used with of, off, away, or out.
superl.
Free from impediment or obstruction; unobstructed; as, a clear view; to keep clear of debt.
superl.
Without defect or blemish, such as freckles or knots; as, a clear complexion; clear lumber.
a.
Having a nucleus; nucleate; as, nucleated cells.
superl.
Without mixture; entirely pure; as, clear sand.