reactor core

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reactor
noun[C]
uk
/riˈæk.tər/us
/riˈæk.tɚ/
a large machine in which atoms are either divided or joined in order to ...
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core
adjective
uk
/kɔːr/us
/kɔːr/
most important or ...
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The design provides that if cooling were to fail and the fuel melted, the molten fuel would be conducted safely away from thereactorcore.
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That steam would be radioactive, because waterborne corrosion products are irradiated in areactorcore.
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The term "secondary containment" usually refers to an outer, sealed, low-leakage building which houses thereactorcoreand primary coolant circuits.
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The water and fuel are contained in pressure tubes running through thereactorcore.
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The cost increase is due both to the smaller capacity of our current fuel transport flasks, and an increase inreactorcoremovements.
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Thereactorcoreand the fuel are one and the same thing.
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They were designed to contain high-level waste and have a biological shield around thereactorcore.
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I understand that thereactorcorewas changed a year ago.
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This allowed higher operating temperatures andreactorcorepower densities, which opened the way to reduced capital cost.
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The nuclearreactorcoreis where the nuclear reactions take place.
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Moreover, the materials in a nuclearreactorcoreand the uranium enrichment level make a nuclear explosion impossible, even if all safety measures failed.
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Fission reactions in thereactorcoreheat pressurized heavy water in a "primary cooling loop".
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The pebbles are then placed into areactorcore, comprising around 450,000 pebbles.
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The facility decommissioning began in 1976 with the removal of thereactorcore, support systems and contaminated soil under the structure.
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The use of an intermediate coolant loop between the reactor and the turbines minimizes the risk of a sodium fire in thereactorcore.
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These features provide the necessary shielding for working above thereactorcoreand greatly facilitate access to the pressure vessel, core, and reflector regions.
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Because the reactions are exothermic, cool water is needed to prevent thereactorcorefrom melting down.
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Graphite blocks in thereactorcoreserve as a neutron moderator.
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But in some reactors the water for the steam turbines is boiled directly by thereactorcore, for example the boiling water reactor.
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A cover gas system failure led to hydrogen explosions, which severely damaged thereactorcore.
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