water-cooled reactor

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water-cooled reactor - nuclear reactor using water as a coolantboiling water reactor, BWR - a nuclear reactor that uses water as a coolant and moderator; the water boils in the reactor core and the steam produced can drive a steam turbinenuclear reactor, reactor - (physics) any of several kinds of apparatus that maintain and control a nuclear reaction for the production of energy or artificial elementspressurized water reactor, PWR - a nuclear reactor that uses water as a coolant and moderator; the steam produced can drive a steam turbine