water reactor

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meaningsofwaterandreactor

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water
noun
uk
/ˈwɔː.tər/us
/ˈwɑː.t̬ɚ/
a clear liquid, without colour or taste, that falls from the sky as rain and is necessary for animal and ...
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reactor
noun[C]
uk
/riˈæk.tər/us
/riˈæk.tɚ/
a large machine in which atoms are either divided or joined in order to ...
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(Definition ofwaterandreactorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The chance of making a commercial success of the pressurisedwaterreactoris nil.
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Nevertheless, the scientific arguments and the advisability of going for the pressurisedwaterreactor programme have been well considered and discussed.
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The fact is that four pressurisedwaterreactorpower stations would make a very small contribution to environmental protection.
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I emphasise that we remain totally opposed to the construction of a pressurisedwaterreactor.
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The programme for the pressurisedwaterreactoris primarily a matter for the electricity supply and nuclear industries.
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Our nuclear policy is based upon the choice of the steam generating heavywaterreactorto power the next generation of nuclear power stations.
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It wishes to buy, if given some encouragement, a £120 million nuclear power station using the heavywaterreactortechnique.
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One decision that we shall have to reach concerns the future of the steam generating heavywaterreactor.
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It is not correct to describe it as a steam-generating heavywaterreactor.
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The price tag for the pressurisedwaterreactoris now £1,550 million.
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There are two versions of the lightwaterreactor.
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I was anxious to have public hearings on the lightwaterreactoryears ago, but we could not get them.
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The feed water will be treated in a purification plant in accordance with established practice for boilingwaterreactorand pressurisedwaterreactorsystems.
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These were the pressurisedwaterreactor, the boilingwaterreactorand the organic liquid moderated reactor.
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I am sure that in submarines we should stick to a form of pressurisedwaterreactorwhich is most suitable for this purpose.
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It is argued that the pressurisedwaterreactorwill be easier to construct because it lends itself to prefabrication.
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I only hope that a time will rapidly approach when we ourselves have a successful pressurisedwaterreactor.
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The privatisation package consists of seven advanced gas-cooled reactors and one pressurisedwaterreactor.
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The pressurisedwaterreactorhas a record of poor success, to put it mildly, almost all over the world.
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