Boiling water reactor safety systems are nuclear safety systems constructed within boiling water reactors in order to prevent or mitigate environmental...

A boiling water reactor (BWR) is a type of nuclear reactor used for the generation of electrical power. It is the second most common type of electricity-generating...

Advanced Boiling Water Reactor (ABWR). All are designs by GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH), and are based on previous Boiling Water Reactor designs. The...

The advanced boiling water reactor (ABWR) is a Generation III boiling water reactor. The ABWR is currently offered by GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) and...

objectives of nuclear reactor safety systems as defined by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission are to shut down the reactor, maintain it in a shutdown...

than in other nuclear reactors, and nearly twice that of a boiling water reactor (BWR). As an effect of this, only localized boiling occurs and steam will...

light-water reactors: the pressurized water reactor (PWR), the boiling water reactor (BWR), and (most designs of) the supercritical water reactor (SCWR)...

(GIF). The first Generation III reactors to begin operation were Kashiwazaki 6 and 7 advanced boiling water reactors (ABWRs) in 1996 and 1997. From 2012...

reactor Advanced Boiling Water Reactor (ABWR) Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor (ESBWR) (generation III+) "Supercritical-Water-Cooled Reactor...

reactor") is a class of graphite-moderated nuclear power reactor designed and built by the Soviet Union. It is somewhat like a boiling water reactor as...

Boiling Water Reactor and the Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor. Pressurized Heavy Water Reactor (PHWR) [moderator: high-pressure heavy water;...

emergency reactor safety systems in some nuclear plants (boiling water reactor safety systems). It is a passive system for cooling of some reactors (BWR/2...

Canadian pressurized heavy-water reactor design used to generate electric power. The acronym refers to its deuterium oxide (heavy water) moderator and its use...

high-pressure water pumps. Current pressurized water reactors and boiling water reactors are systems that have been designed with one kind of passive safety feature...

followed by the Advanced Boiling Water Reactor (ABWR) introduced in the 1990s and the Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor (ESBWR) introduced in the...

advanced heavy water reactors. Things to be included range from materials technologies, critical components, reactor physics, and safety analysis. Several...

modular construction. Reactor type and the nuclear processes may vary. Of the many SMR designs, the pressurized water reactor (PWR) is the most common...

exceed reactor design specifications until the reactor has had time to cool down. (This event is less likely to occur in boiling water reactors, where...

reactor. As the boiling points of these metals are very high, the pressure in the reactor can be maintained at a low level, which improves safety considerably...

generation IV reactors – specifically selected six reactor technologies as candidates for generation IV reactors. The designs target improved safety, sustainability...

are boiling water reactors where the primary coolant undergoes phase transition to steam inside the reactor. About 2/3 are pressurized water reactors at...

reactor operations, this type of shutdown is often referred to as a "scram" at boiling water reactors, a "reactor trip" at pressurized water reactors...

between pressurized water reactor (PWR) and boiling water reactor (BWR) coriums. In contact with water, hot boron carbide from BWR reactor control rods forms...

(as is present in boiling water reactors), and no large, expensive steel pressure vessel (as required for pressurized water reactors). Since it can operate...

control systems) or a desired quality depending on reactor design. Gas-cooled reactors do not have issues with voids forming. Boiling water reactors generally...

of nuclear power stations List of boiling water reactors List of largest power stations List of small modular reactor designs List of nuclear reprocessing...

III reactor designs. Typically, the modernization includes improved safety systems and a 60-year design life.[citation needed] Generation II reactor designs...

States, Australia, and Canada. Based on the Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor designs by General Electric (GE), the NMR is a natural circulation...

generation pressurised water reactor (PWR) design, and Kerena reactors, which is 1,250 MWe Generation III+ boiling water reactor (BWR) design, provisionally...

pressurized since its boiling point is much higher than the reactor's operating temperature, and sodium does not corrode steel reactor parts, and in fact...