advanced gas-cooled reactor

British

noun

AGR. a nuclear reactor using carbon dioxide as the coolant, graphite as the moderator, and ceramic uranium dioxide cased in stainless steel as the fuel

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Hunterston B is one of seven advanced gas-cooled reactor sites in the UK which are nearing the end of their lives.

From BBC

Oxide fuels include the remaining overseas-derived spent fuels that are being stored at Sellafield before reprocessing at Thorp and also the spent fuels from the UK's fleet of Advanced Gas-Cooled Reactor power stations, which are owned and operated by EDF Energy.

From BBC

The Hinkley Point B advanced gas-cooled reactor near Bridgwater, Somerset could remain open beyond its planned closure.

From The Guardian

Confessing that not enough research had gone into the project, the commission canceled an advanced gas-cooled reactor scheduled to be built in Florida by a group of Florida and Midwestern utilities.

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