reactor vessel
Americannoun
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Its major components, including reactor vessel heads, steam generator parts and low-pressure and high-pressure turbines, were all recently updated as part of the 2030 extension, said Maureen Zawalick, chief risk officer at PG&E.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
You cannot weld a reactor vessel with one.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 26, 2026
That means very little of the tritium in the doughnut-shaped reactor vessel, or tokamak, gets burned.
From Science Magazine ● Jun. 22, 2022
Water constantly circulated through the reactor vessel and nuclear fuel, converting it to steam to spin the turbine.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 9, 2022
Just as it had in reactors 1 and 3, the water in reactor 2 boiled off and pressure in the reactor vessel began to climb.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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