boiling-water reactor

British  

noun

1.  BWR.  a nuclear reactor using water as coolant and moderator, steam being produced in the reactor itself: enriched uranium oxide cased in zirconium is the fuel

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Example Sentences

The GE boiling-water reactor design, found in 23 U.S. plants, has come under new scrutiny.

From Washington Post • Mar. 16, 2011

Unit No. 1 is a General Electric Co. boiling-water reactor model that can generate 439 megawatts of power and began commercial operation in 1971, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency.

From BusinessWeek • Mar. 13, 2011

It will operate the boiling-water reactor built by the Argonne National Laboratory in Idaho, expects to get added strength by acquiring General Nuclear Engineering Corp., for which it is now concluding negotiations.

From Time Magazine Archive

Equally important, G.E. wants other companies, now working on at least a dozen different power reactors, to concentrate on the G.E.-developed boiling-water reactor, which G.E. claims is cheaper and more efficient than any other.*

From Time Magazine Archive

It is building a reactor system for the Navy's first nuclear destroyer, studying a boiling-water reactor for use in a merchant ship.

From Time Magazine Archive