boiling water reactor

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   a nuclear reactor that uses water as a coolant and moderator; the water boils in the reactor core and the steam produced can drive a steam turbine

   SynonymsBWR

   Broaderwater-cooled reactor

Questions about boiling water reactor

What does boiling water reactor mean?

boiling water reactor means "a nuclear reactor that uses water as a coolant and moderator; the water boils in the reactor core and the steam produced can drive a steam turbine".

What is another word for boiling water reactor?

Close synonyms include BWR. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is boiling water reactor a common word?

boiling water reactor is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.