pressure-tube reactor
1pressure-tube reactor — noun A nuclear reactor in which the fuel elements are contained in many separate tubes rather than in a single pressure vessel • • • Main Entry: ↑pressure …
2Pressure tube reactor — channel type reactor Канальный реактор ядерный реактор, в активной зоне которого топливо и циркулирующий теплоноситель содержатся в отдельных герметичных технологических каналах, способных выдержать высокое давление теплоносителя. Термины атомной …
3RBMK reactor — /är bē em kā ri akˈtər/ noun A graphite moderated, boiling water cooled, pressure tube reactor, unique to the former USSR ORIGIN: Abbrev Russ reaktor bolshoy moshchnosti kanalnȳy, high power channel reactor …
4Pressure vessel — Vertical pressure vessels installed in a structure A pressure vessel is a closed container designed to hold gases or liquids at a pressure substantially different from the ambient pressure. The pressure differential is dangerous and many fatal… …
5Nuclear reactor — Core of CROCUS, a small nuclear reactor used for research at the EPFL in Switzerland This article is a subarticle of Nuclear power. A nuclear reactor is a device to initiate and control a sustained nuclear chain reaction. Most commonly they are… …
6nuclear reactor — Physics. reactor (def. 4). Also called nuclear pile. [1940 45] * * * Device that can initiate and control a self sustaining series of nuclear fission reactions. Neutrons released in one fission reaction may strike other heavy nuclei, causing them …
7Nuclear reactor technology — This article is a subarticle of Nuclear power .A nuclear reactor is a device in which nuclear chain reactions are initiated, controlled, and sustained at a steady rate, as opposed to a nuclear bomb, in which the chain reaction occurs in a… …
8Advanced 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.… …
9Lucens reactor — The Lucens reactor at Lucens, Vaud, Switzerland, was a nuclear reactor destroyed by a serious accident in 1969.In 1962 the construction of a Swiss designed pilot nuclear power plant began. The heavy water moderated, carbon dioxide cooled, reactor …
10Orders of magnitude (pressure) — This is a tabulated listing of the orders of magnitude in relation to pressure expressed in pascals. Magnitude Pressure lbf/in2 or dB Item 10−13 Pa 0.1 pPa Interstellar space pressure (approximate) 10 …
