light-water reactor — noun A reactor using normal water as moderator and coolant (abbrev LWR) • • • Main Entry: ↑light … Useful english dictionary
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
Light water reactor — (LWR) A nuclear reactor that uses water as the primary coolant and moderator, with slightly enriched uranium as fuel. U.S. Dept. of Energy, Energy Information Administration s Energy Glossary *** A nuclear power unit that uses ordinary… … Energy terms
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
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
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
boiling-water reactor — noun A light water reactor in which steam drives the turbines directly (see also ↑light water reactor under ↑light2, ↑pressurized water reactor under ↑pressure) • • • Main Entry: ↑boil … Useful english dictionary
pressurized water reactor — noun a nuclear reactor that uses water as a coolant and moderator; the steam produced can drive a steam turbine • Syn: ↑PWR • Hypernyms: ↑water cooled reactor * * * pressurized water reactor noun A nuclear reactor using water cooling at a… … Useful english dictionary
Boiling-water reactor — (BWR) A light water reactor in which water, used as both coolant and moderator, is allowed to boil in the core. The resulting steam can be used directly to drive a turbine. U.S. Dept. of Energy, Energy Information Administration s Energy… … Energy terms
light-water-cooled graphite-moderated reactor — grafitinis vandens reaktorius statusas T sritis Energetika apibrėžtis Branduolinis šiluminių neutronų reaktorius, kurio neutronų lėtiklis yra grafitas, o šilumnešis vanduo. atitikmenys: angl. light water cooled graphite moderated reactor vok.… … Aiškinamasis šiluminės ir branduolinės technikos terminų žodynas
