Light water reactors (LWRs) are the most common WCRs worldwide and are divided into two types: Pressurized Water Reactors (PWRs), which produce steam for the turbine in separate steam generators; and ...

Whereas light-water reactors (LWR: including PWR, BWR and SCWR) employ regular water as a neutron moderator, fast reactors do not. The neutrons that are emitted by 235 U and other isotopes when ...

The plant utilizes boiling water reactors (BWR), the same type as the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, which suffered triple meltdowns following the earthquake and tsunami. The resumption ...

The purpose of this 1300 MWe boiling water reactor simulator is educational - a teaching tool for university professors and engineers involved in teaching various topics related to nuclear power. It ...