BWR
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- noun
- Specialized
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reactor de agua en ebullición
- The BWR reactor has become a popular choice in the nuclear industry because of its unique steam generation process.
- BWR and PWR
Examples
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These successes were vital for making commercial BWR power plants a large-scale reality.
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So there are some advantages to the BWR in terms of severe accidents.
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While the BWR had some obvious advantages, it also had some serious concerns related to nuclear and flow stability.
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But this GE BWR, designed 50 years ago, is not passively safe; it requires active cooling.
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The differences in design between these BWR reactors and the Soviet-era RBMKs are massive.
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There hasn't been a meltdown (partial or otherwise) at a BWR to study.
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Newer BWR designs include more robust "station-blackout" capable (passive) shutdown cooling systems.
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The BWR uses water as both a coolant and moderator to generate steam that drives a turbine.
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Many modern power plants utilize the BWR design for its efficiency and safety features.
Synonyms
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A machine in a nuclear power plant that boils water to make steam to turn a turbine
Surface Forms
Morphology
BWR = B + W + R
The headword is an initialism (letters B, W, R) whose letters do not convey the meaning unless the expansion 'Boiling Water Reactor' is known, so the meaning is not derivable from the component letters.
Etymology
The word BWR is short for boiling water reactor, and a helpful way to remember it is to think of a large kettle: the water inside the reactor 'boils' to make steam that turns a turbine, so the name tells you how this kind of reactor makes power.