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gas-cooled reactor

British  

noun

  1. a nuclear reactor using a gas as the coolant. In the Mark I type the coolant is carbon dioxide, the moderator is graphite, and the fuel is uranium cased in magnox See also advanced gas-cooled reactor

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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

A high-temperature, gas-cooled reactor began operating last year.

From Seattle Times Aug. 13, 2022

He seeks development of a helium gas-cooled reactor that can operate at higher temperatures, which he says could enable more efficient generation of electricity.

From Seattle Times Nov. 8, 2021

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.

From Time Magazine Archive

An analysis by the UCS last year concluded that a gas-cooled reactor designed by San Diego-based General Atomics was particularly susceptible to fires in the graphite that holds the fuel.

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