Definition of Gas-cooled reactor

1. Noun. A nuclear reactor using gas as a coolant.

Generic synonyms: Nuclear Reactor, Reactor

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gas-cooled Reactor

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gas-cooled reactor (current term)
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Literary usage of Gas-cooled reactor

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Basic Studies in the Field of High-Temperature Engineering: Second by Nihon Genshiryoku Kenkyūjo (2002)
"In particular, the status of the ongoing CRP on the evaluation of high-temperature gas-cooled reactor performance is presented. ..."

2. Nuclear Production of Hydrogen: First Information Exchange Meeting, Paris by OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (2001)
"[14] IAEA-TECDOC-358, "gas-cooled reactor Safety and Accident Analysis", 1986. ... [18] I AEA-TECDOC-1043, "Technologies for gas-cooled reactor ..."

3. Workshop on Advanced Nuclear Reactor Safety Issues and Research Needs: Paris by International Atomic Energy Agency, OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (2002)
"... and high temperature gas- cooled reactor (HTGR) are being developed at the Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute (JAERI). ..."

4. Trends in the Nuclear Fuel Cycle: Economic, Environmental and Social Aspects by OECD Nuclear Energy Agency, Nea (2001)
"The high temperature gas cooled reactor (HTGR) is an advanced nuclear energy technology employing a ceramic coated-particle fuel (see Section 4.2.3.3). a ..."

5. Decommissioning Nuclear Power Plants: Policies, Strategies and Costs by OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (2003)
"... MWe output has a reactor vessel internal diameter of 4.4 m whereas that of an older 150 MWe gas-cooled reactor has a reactor vessel diameter of 20 m. ..."

6. Nuclear Energy Today by OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (2003)
"Comment gas-cooled reactor shut down in 1974. The plant was decommissioned and demolished with the site released for unrestricted agricultural use in 1995. ..."

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