pressurized water reactor

1. 1.

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

   SynonymsPWR

   Broaderwater-cooled reactor

Questions about pressurized water reactor

What does pressurized water reactor mean?

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

What is another word for pressurized water reactor?

Close synonyms include PWR. 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 pressurized water reactor a common word?

pressurized 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.