单词 | advanced gas-cooled reactor |
释义 | > as lemmasadvanced gas-cooled reactor advanced gas-cooled reactor n. Nuclear Physics a type of reactor used in Britain in which the coolant is carbon dioxide, the moderator is graphite, and the fuel is uranium oxide clad in steel; abbreviated AGR. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > atomic nucleus > nuclear fission > nuclear reactor > [noun] > cooled by gas advanced gas-cooled reactor1958 AGR1958 1958 New Scientist 11 Sept. 811/1 The next stage, the so-called advanced gas-cooled reactor, will use pencil-thick fuel elements with beryllium cans and uranium oxide fuel pressed into china-like cylinders. 1977 J. Francis in R. Underwood Future Scotl. iv. 61 The two new Advanced Gas-cooled Reactors (AGRs) will have a combined output of 1320 MW(e). 2007 R. L. Evans Fueling our Future viii. 128 This reactor type was superseded by the AGR (Advanced Gas Cooled Reactor) for a second generation of gas-cooled reactors in the UK. < as lemmas |
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