PWR
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- noun
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RCP
- The PWR, a type of nuclear reactor, uses water as a coolant to generate steam for electricity.
- PWR and BWR
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PWRs are the most widespread design in the world and are inherently able to load-follow.
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The pressurized water reactor, or PWR, was also preferred by Admiral Hyman Rickover, the father of the nuclear Navy.
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This probably deterred companies in the PWR business from destroying their existing business model.
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Both the BWR and the PWR will also have to compete with other concepts
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The time between orders has given both the PWR and BWR manufacturers the opportunity to make design improvements.
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While the pressurized water reactor required more equipment than the boiling water alternative, the PWR was easier to analyze.
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Given these significant improvements, one can therefore state that new build PWRs will offer operational flexibility as good as that of current fossil fuel plants.
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This is a reason that the PWR had already been selected as the preferred type for shipboard propulsion.
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Some of its PWR nuclear plants are designed to be partially load-following; its hydro plants and other plants do the rest.
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Ted Meyer, an advisory engineer at the Westinghouse Electric Co., developed analytical methods and test programs and implemented structural analysis programs to address PWR reactor vessel integrity concerns.
Academic text (2002)
Synonyms
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6.3
A machine that uses a controlled nuclear reaction to make energy or new elements
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A machine that makes heat and electricity by splitting atoms in a controlled way
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A machine that splits atoms to make energy for electricity or research
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A nuclear power system that uses high-pressure water to cool the core and make steam
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A nuclear power plant that makes electricity by splitting atoms with slow neutrons
A machine that uses water to take heat away from a nuclear core
A machine that makes nuclear energy by splitting atoms in a controlled chain reaction
Surface Forms
Etymology
PWR stands for pressurized water reactor, where pressurized means 'kept at high pressure' and water is the liquid that carries heat to make steam. Think of it like a very strong closed kettle, which is why a PWR is a type of nuclear reactor that uses water to produce electricity.