reactor vessel

collocation in English

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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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vessel
noun[C]
uk
/ˈves.əl/us
/ˈves.əl/
formal
a large boat or ...
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(Definition ofreactorandvesselfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It has the major vessel and the biological shield, but the steam generating gas loops come out of thereactorvessel.
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For instance, if it is determined that the plant can be safely located at the same site, can the slops tank be relocated away from thereactorvessel?
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We have the problem of the weight of thereactorvesseland the stability which that represents in a prototype merchant ship fitted with a reactor.
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The high contamination level precludes being able to open thereactorvesselfor the eventual refueling.
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However, corium may melt through thereactorvesseland flow out or be ejected as a molten stream by the pressure inside thereactorvessel.
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There were indications of a weld defect in thereactorvesseland there were some concerns about the safety culture within the company.
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However, the model is general, and is not restricted to use in thereactorvessel.
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Two masses of corium were found, one within the fuel assembly, one on the lower head of thereactorvessel.
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The core barrel and thereactorvesselwall form a cylindrical shell that is referred to as the downcomer.
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The capsule loading station is located in the storage pool adjacent to thereactorvesselpool.
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Boiling water reactors, on the other hand, are designed to have steam voids inside thereactorvessel.
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Success was achieved when they developed areactorvesselthat extruded polystyrene through a heated tube and cutter, producing polystyrene in pellet form.
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It is designed to monitor the level of coolant in thereactorvesseland automatically inject coolant when the level drops below a threshold.
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Power reactors are generally classified by the type of coolant rather than by the configuration of thereactorvesselused to contain the coolant.
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Water hammer estimated at struck the top of thereactorvesselpropelling the entirereactorvesselupwards over in the air.
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In that state, thereactorvesselradiates heat, but the vessel and fuel spheres remain intact and undamaged.
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After breaching thereactorvessel, the conditions in the reactor cavity below the core govern the subsequent production of gases.
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Cooling water from above the corium layer, in sufficient quantity, may obtain a thermal equilibrium below the metal creep temperature, withoutreactorvesselfailure.
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A hole in the side of the vessel may lead to only partial ejection of corium, with a retained portion left inside thereactorvessel.
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By using liquid salt as the coolant instead of pressurized water, a containment structure only slightly bigger than thereactorvesselcan be used.
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