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a part of the cooling system of pressurized water reactors, where the high-pressure primary coolant bringing heat from the reactor, is used to make steam for the turbine in a secondary loop
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the systems, designed to minimize operator errors. Their primary objectives are to shut down the reactor, maintain it in a shutdown condition and prevent the release of radioactive material
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an element that is used as fuel in the reactor
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a key device of nuclear power plant. Its main purpose is to initiate and control a sustained nuclear chain reaction
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uranium, is used in nuclear power plants. This element is a naturally occuring radioactive, is very heavy and hard and is easily fissioned
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a component of nuclear power plant, where warm water is sprayed in small droplets through a draft of dry air. The dry air causes some of the water to evaporate, which leaves the remaining water cooler
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a substance that slows down neutrons so that a chain reaction can be maintained. It is usually purified natural water or heavy water. However, the most common is graphite
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a type of nuclear reactor
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the components, they move up and down among the fuel rods, increasing or decreasing the number of neutrons exposed to the fuel in order to control the chain reaction and the fission process
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a component in which feedwater is converted into steam from heat produced in a nuclear reactor core
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assembly rods, which are filled with the UO2 pellets that have been enriched. They isolate the fuel from the water in the reactor vessel
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a machine that transforms steam energy into kinetic energy