pressurized water reactor

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pressurized water reactor - a nuclear reactor that uses water as a coolant and moderator; the steam produced can drive a steam turbine

PWR

water-cooled reactor - nuclear reactor using water as a coolant

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Druckwasserreaktor

réacteur à eau sous pression

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The US-APWR is an evolutionary pressurized water reactor with improved efficiency, enhanced safety systems and other advanced design elements.

Luminant and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Establish Nuclear Plant Development Joint Venture

The pressurized water reactor design at Shippingport was originally developed to power an aircraft carrier.

50 years of nuclear power: in the depths of the Cold War, Atoms for Peace produced landmark results

All commercial reactors in the United States fall into two categories, pressurized water reactors (PWR) and boiling water reactors (BWR), collectively known as light water reactors (LWR).

New reactor designs

Westinghouse supplied the world's first pressurized water reactor in 1957 in Shippingport, Pa.

Westinghouse-led Group Wins EU Funding to Diversify Nuclear Fuel Supply to VVER Reactors

said Monday it has received an order to conduct a feasibility study for a planned nuclear reactor in Finland, and aims to win a contract to sell its pressurized water reactor.

M'bishi Heavy to conduct Finnish nuclear reactor feasibility study

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Pressurized Water Reactor operators are looking for additional competition and choice, said Lance Hall, Executive Vice President, Nuclear Fuels and Services, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH).

Russian Federation,United States : Fuel Company of Rosatom TVEL and Global Nuclear Fuel sign agreement to License and supply TVS-K Fuel in U.S

The new reactor, AP 1000 reactor, is a 1,100 megawatt electric pressurized water reactor, equipped with passive safety measures designed to cool the reactor in the event of an accident without the need for human intervention, according to the panel.

U.S. nuclear regulator OKs construction of 1st reactors in 34 yrs

Formerly, China had relied on imports for prime elements of pressurized water reactor nuclear power plants.