Definitions for "BOILING WATER REACTOR"
Keywords:  reactor, turbine, bwr, lwr, steam
(BWR) A nuclear power unit in which water used as a coolant is allowed to boil at the core. The resulting steam may be used to drive electric turbines.
A nuclear reactor which uses steam to transfer heat energy.
Light-water reactor in which the water surrounding the fuel is allowed to boil into steam which drives the turbines directly.