light-water moderated reactor

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• 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-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

• Reactor vessel — In a nuclear power plant, the reactor vessel is a pressure vessel containing the coolant and reactor core. Not all power reactors have a reactor vessel. Power reactors are generally classified by the type of coolant rather than the by the… …   Wikipedia

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• Breeder reactor — Assembly of the core of Experimental Breeder Reactor I in Idaho, 1951 A breeder reactor is a nuclear reactor that generates more fissile material in fuel than it consumes.[1] These reactors are considered appealing due to their superior fuel… …   Wikipedia

• Advanced Test Reactor — The Advanced Test Reactor (ATR) is a research reactor at the Idaho National Laboratory. This reactor is primarily designed and used to test materials to be used in other, larger scale and prototype reactors. It can operate at a maximum power of… …   Wikipedia

• Reduced moderation water reactor — The reduced moderation water reactor (RMWR) is a proposed type of light water moderated nuclear power reactor, featuring some characteristics of a fast neutron reactor. As of 2007 it is under active development in theoretical studies,… …   Wikipedia

• Pool Test Reactor — (PTR) was a 10 kWt light water moderated pool type reactor fueled with highly enriched uranium built at Chalk River in 1957. It used 93% enriched uranium aluminum plate type fuel. The reactor, was used for burnup measurement of fissile samples… …   Wikipedia

• nuclear 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 …   Universalium

• Molten salt reactor — scheme. A molten salt reactor (MSR) is a type of nuclear fission reactor in which the primary coolant, or even the fuel itself is a molten salt mixture. MSRs run at higher temperatures than water cooled reactors for higher thermodynamic… …   Wikipedia