- water reactor
- water reactor nounA water-cooled nuclear reactor• • •Main Entry: ↑water
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Boiling water reactor — A boiling water reactor (BWR) is a type of nuclear reactor developed by the General Electric in the mid 1950s.Fact|date=April 2008 The BWR is characterized by two phase fluid flow (water and steam) in the upper part of the reactor core. See… … Wikipedia
Pressurized water reactor — (PWRs) (also VVER if of Russian design) are generation II nuclear power reactors that use ordinary water under high pressure (superheated water) as coolant and neutron moderator. The primary coolant loop is kept under high pressure to prevent the … Wikipedia
Supercritical water reactor — The Supercritical water reactor (SCWR) is a Generation IV reactor concept that uses supercritical water as the working fluid. SCWRs are basically LWRs operating at higher pressure and temperatures with a direct, once through cycle. As most… … Wikipedia
Pressurised heavy water reactor — A pressurised heavy water reactor (PHWR) is a nuclear power reactor, commonly using unenriched natural uranium as its fuel, that uses heavy water (deuterium oxide D2O) as its coolant and moderator. The heavy water coolant is kept under pressure… … Wikipedia
Light water reactor — LWR redirects here. See also: LWR (disambiguation) A light water reactor or LWR is a thermal nuclear reactor that uses ordinary water, also called light water, as its neutron moderator. This differentiates it from a heavy water reactor, which… … Wikipedia
Advanced Heavy Water Reactor — The Advanced Heavy Water Reactor (AHWR) is the latest Indian design for a next generation nuclear reactor that will burn Thorium in its fuel core. It is slated to form the third stage in India s 3 stage fuel cycle plan.… … Wikipedia
Advanced Boiling Water Reactor — The Advanced Boiling Water Reactor (ABWR) is a Generation III reactor boiling water reactor. The ABWR was designed by General Electric. The standard ABWR plant design has a net output of about 1350 MWe, however General Electric Hitachi (GEH)has… … Wikipedia
Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor — The reactor formally known as Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor (ESBWR) is a passively safe generation III+ reactor which builds on the success of the ABWR. Both are designs by General Electric, and are based on their BWR design.The ESBWR … Wikipedia
Heavy water reactor — Heavy water reactors use heavy water as a neutron moderator. Heavy water is deuterium oxide, D2O. Neutrons in a nuclear reactor that uses uranium must be slowed down so that they are more likely to split other atoms and get more neutrons released … Wikipedia
Advanced Boiling Water Reactor — Schnittdarstellung durch einen ABWR 1=Reaktorkern 2=Kontrollstäbe 3=Interne Wasserpumpe 4=Dampfleitung zum Generator 5=Kühlwasserzufluss … Deutsch Wikipedia
