pool reactor
pool reactor
[′pül rē‚ak·tər] (nucleonics)
A research nuclear reactor in which the core is suspended in a large pool of water that serves as moderator, reflector, coolant, and radiation shield. Also known as swimming-pool reactor.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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It begins with claims made by Bhabha and Nehru about Apsara -- the much- acclaimed swimming
pool reactor -- being an indigenous effort, whereas it was completely based on the design and technical data that Bhabha got from his colleague from Cambridge, Sir John Cockcroft.
The TRIGA HD II is a 250 kW
pool reactor designed for medical applications.
"We will have to face 500-600 million ordinary people in northern China and tell them that swimming
pool reactors are absolutely safe," Cheng told a conference earlier this year.
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