pressurized-water reactor

British

noun

PWR. a nuclear reactor using water as coolant and moderator at a pressure that is too high to allow boiling to take place inside the reactor. The fuel is enriched uranium oxide cased in zirconium

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EDF's dominant supplier: Areva, which has already picked up an order for a new-generation pressurized-water reactor to be built in the Normandy town of Flamanville starting in 2007.

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But it proved less satisfactory than the pressurized-water reactor developed by Westinghouse, which has since concentrated on submarine propulsion, moved out well ahead of G.E. in this field.

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