Boiling Water Reactor

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Boiling_Water_Reactor

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	Nuclear Reactor Type
gptkbp:abbreviation	BWR
gptkbp:competitor	gptkb:Pressurized_Water_Reactor
gptkbp:controls	Control Rods Inserted from Below
gptkbp:coolingSystem	Light Water
gptkbp:developedBy	gptkb:General_Electric
gptkbp:distinctiveFeature	Lower Operating Pressure than PWR No Steam Generator Radioactive Steam to Turbine Simpler Design than PWR Steam Produced in Reactor Core
gptkbp:establishedIn	1950s
gptkbp:examplePlant	gptkb:Nine_Mile_Point_Nuclear_Generating_Station gptkb:Dresden_Generating_Station gptkb:Oyster_Creek_Nuclear_Generating_Station gptkb:Fukushima_Daiichi_Nuclear_Power_Plant
gptkbp:features	gptkb:Emergency_Core_Cooling_System Containment Structure
gptkbp:fuelType	Enriched Uranium
gptkbp:generation	gptkb:Generation_II gptkb:Generation_III
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Boiling Water Reactor
gptkbp:inventedBy	gptkb:Samuel_Untermyer_II
gptkbp:laps	Single Loop
gptkbp:license	gptkb:Nuclear_Regulatory_Commission_(US)
gptkbp:minimumPressure	~7 MPa
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Fukushima_Daiichi_Nuclear_Disaster
gptkbp:numberOfRooms	~60 (as of 2023)
gptkbp:operatingSystem	~285°C
gptkbp:primaryUse	Electricity Generation
gptkbp:steamGeneration	Direct in Reactor Vessel
gptkbp:steamTurbineType	Direct Cycle
gptkbp:thermalEfficiency	~33%
gptkbp:usedIn	gptkb:China gptkb:Finland gptkb:Germany gptkb:India gptkb:Japan gptkb:Mexico gptkb:Slovakia gptkb:South_Korea gptkb:Spain gptkb:Sweden gptkb:Switzerland gptkb:Taiwan gptkb:Ukraine gptkb:United_States gptkb:Commercial_Nuclear_Power_Plants
gptkbp:usesModerator	Light Water
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:nuclear_reactor
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5