Pressurized Water Reactor

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

GPTKB entity

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	Nuclear Reactor Type
gptkbp:abbreviation	PWR
gptkbp:advantage	Complex Design High Pressure Operation No Boiling in Core Potential for Loss of Coolant Accident Stable Operation
gptkbp:commercialUse	gptkb:Shippingport_Atomic_Power_Station
gptkbp:commonDesigns	gptkb:AP1000 gptkb:EPR gptkb:VVER-1000 gptkb:Framatome_PWR gptkb:Korean_Standard_Nuclear_Power_Plant gptkb:Westinghouse_PWR gptkb:APR-1400 gptkb:VVER gptkb:VVER-1200 gptkb:CPR-1000
gptkbp:component	Reactor Pressure Vessel Control Rods Containment Building Pressurizer Primary Coolant Pump Steam Generator
gptkbp:controls	Control Rods
gptkbp:coolantCirculationType	Forced Circulation
gptkbp:coolantLoops	Two or more
gptkbp:coolingSystem	gptkb:water
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:distinctionFromBWR	No boiling in reactor core
gptkbp:emergencyCoolingSystem	Yes
gptkbp:features	Negative Temperature Coefficient
gptkbp:firstCommercialUseYear	1957
gptkbp:fuelType	Enriched Uranium Mixed Oxide (MOX)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Pressurized Water Reactor
gptkbp:inventedBy	gptkb:Westinghouse_Electric_Corporation
gptkbp:numberOfUnitsWorldwide	Over 300
gptkbp:operatesAtPressure	High Pressure
gptkbp:primaryCoolantTemperature	~315°C
gptkbp:primaryLoopPressure	Typically 155 bar
gptkbp:reactorType	Light Water Reactor
gptkbp:regulates	gptkb:International_Atomic_Energy_Agency gptkb:Nuclear_Regulatory_Commission_(US)
gptkbp:secondaryLoopFluid	gptkb:water
gptkbp:secondaryLoopPressure	Lower than primary loop
gptkbp:shutdownMethod	Control Rod Insertion
gptkbp:steamCycle	gptkb:Rankine_Cycle
gptkbp:steamGeneration	Indirect (via steam generator)
gptkbp:thermalEfficiency	~33%
gptkbp:usedBy	gptkb:Argentina gptkb:Armenia gptkb:Belgium gptkb:Brazil gptkb:Bulgaria gptkb:China gptkb:Czech_Republic gptkb:Finland gptkb:France gptkb:Germany gptkb:Hungary gptkb:India gptkb:Iran gptkb:Japan gptkb:Mexico gptkb:Pakistan gptkb:Romania gptkb:Russia gptkb:Slovakia gptkb:Slovenia gptkb:South_Africa gptkb:South_Korea gptkb:Spain gptkb:Sweden gptkb:Switzerland gptkb:Turkey gptkb:Ukraine gptkb:United_Arab_Emirates gptkb:United_Kingdom gptkb:United_States gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:usedFor	Research Electricity Generation Naval Propulsion
gptkbp:usedIn	Naval Propulsion Nuclear Power Plants
gptkbp:usesModerator	gptkb:water
gptkbp:wasteType	Radioactive Waste Spent Nuclear Fuel
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:nuclear_reactor
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5