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boiling-water reactor

(Nuclear Physics) a nuclear reactor using water as coolant and moderator, steam being produced in the reactor itself: enriched uranium oxide cased in zirconium is the fuel. Abbreviation: BWR

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The Guardian quoted Richard Lahey, who was head of safety research for boiling-water reactors at General Electric when the company installed the units at Fukushima, as saying that workers at the site appeared to have "lost the race" to save the reactor, but assured that there was no danger of a Chernobyl-style catastrophe.

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Under the project, NRG formed a joint venture with Toshiba, the supplier of the advanced boiling-water reactors chosen for the South Texas plant, and later agreed to bring in a third partner, Tokyo Electric, which pledged to invest $125 million, according to the paper.

Japan nuclear crisis threatens reactor plan in Texas: WSJ

TEPCO said it has concluded an agreement with Nuclear Innovation North America LLC to participate in the New York-based company's project to build two advanced boiling-water reactors, each capable of generating 1.