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 ● Apr. 25, 2025

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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