water-cooled reactor
C2097
concept
A water-cooled reactor is a nuclear reactor that uses water as both a coolant to remove heat from the reactor core and often as a moderator to slow down neutrons, enabling a controlled fission chain reaction.
All labels observed (20)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| pressurized water reactor | 15 |
| boiling water reactor | 11 |
| water-cooled reactor canonical | 7 |
| pressurized water reactor design | 5 |
| nuclear reactor type | 4 |
| pressurized water reactor unit | 3 |
| boiling water reactor design | 2 |
| EPR reactor | 1 |
| Nuclear reactor type | 1 |
| Soviet-designed reactor | 1 |
| VVER-1000 reactor model | 1 |
| VVER-type reactor | 1 |
| boiling water reactor containment design | 1 |
| boiling water reactor unit | 1 |
| heavy water–moderated reactor | 1 |
| heavy-water moderated reactor | 1 |
| light water reactor | 1 |
| light water reactor design | 1 |
| pressurized heavy-water reactor design | 1 |
| water-cooled nuclear reactor | 1 |
Instances (50)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| VVER-440 | pressurized water reactor |
| L Reactor | heavy water–moderated reactor |
| DR Reactor | — |
| Fukushima Daiichi Unit 2 | boiling water reactor |
| Fukushima Daiichi Unit 3 | boiling water reactor |
| Fukushima Daiichi Unit 4 | boiling water reactor |
| Unit 1 | boiling water reactor unit |
| K15 pressurized water reactor | pressurized water reactor |
| S2W nuclear reactor | pressurized water reactor |
|
Rolls-Royce PWR2 nuclear reactor
surface form:
Rolls-Royce PWR2
|
pressurized water reactor |
| Pressurised water reactor | Nuclear reactor type |
| Combustion Engineering PWR | pressurized water reactor design |
| BWR-4 | boiling water reactor design |
| Hatch Unit 1 | boiling water reactor |
| Hatch Unit 2 | boiling water reactor |
| Flamanville 3 nuclear power plant | EPR reactor |
|
EPR (European Pressurized Reactor)
surface form:
EPR
|
pressurized water reactor |
| AP1000 | pressurized water reactor design |
| Reactor No. 4 | water-cooled nuclear reactor |
| RBMK-1000 | nuclear reactor type |
| Fermi 2 | boiling water reactor |
| Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor | boiling water reactor |
| Chicago Pile-3 | heavy-water moderated reactor |
| Shippingport Atomic Power Station | pressurized water reactor |
| EGP-6 at Bilibino Nuclear Power Plant | — |
| Unit 3 (nuclear) | boiling water reactor |
| PM-3A nuclear reactor | pressurized water reactor |
| B Reactor | — |
| F Reactor | — |
| Westinghouse 3-loop PWR | pressurized water reactor design |
| VVER-1000 | pressurized water reactor |
| V-320 | pressurized water reactor design |
| Kalinin-1 | VVER-type reactor |
| Kalinin-3 | pressurized water reactor |
| H Reactor | — |
| CANDU reactor technology | pressurized heavy-water reactor design |
| GE Mark I | boiling water reactor containment design |
| Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1 | boiling water reactor |
| BWR-3 | boiling water reactor design |
| Hope Creek Unit 1 | boiling water reactor |
| Salem Unit 1 | pressurized water reactor unit |
| Salem Unit 2 | pressurized water reactor unit |
| Advanced Gas-cooled Reactor | nuclear reactor type |
|
Halden research reactor (decommissioned)
surface form:
Halden research reactor
|
boiling water reactor |
|
Vogtle Electric Generating Plant
surface form:
Vogtle Unit 1
|
pressurized water reactor |
| S2W | pressurized water reactor |
| Westinghouse 4-loop PWR | pressurized water reactor design |
| Comanche Peak Unit 1 | pressurized water reactor unit |
| Comanche Peak Unit 2 | pressurized water reactor |
| N Reactor | — |