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Economic Simplified Boiling-Water Reactor

Term · Nuclear energy and radiation · MLC-T-NUC-000143

A 4,500-MWtnuclear reactor design, which has passive safety features and uses natural circulation (with no recirculation pumps or associated piping) for normal operation. GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) submitted an application for final design approval and standard design certification for the ESBWR on August 24, 2005. For detail, see Design Certification Application Review: Economic Simplified Boiling-Water Reactor (ESBWR).

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-NUC-000143
FieldNuclear energy and radiation
AbbreviationESBWR
ReferencesNRC Glossary
Record as JSON
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  "definition": "A 4,500-MWtnuclear reactor design, which has passive safety features and uses natural circulation (with no recirculation pumps or associated piping) for normal operation. GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) submitted an application for final design approval and standard design certification for the ESBWR on August 24, 2005. For detail, see Design Certification Application Review: Economic Simplified Boiling-Water Reactor (ESBWR).",
  "abbreviation": "ESBWR",
  "references": [
    "NRC Glossary"
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  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/nuclear/economic-simplified-boiling-water-reactor/"
}

Record 141 of 548 in Nuclear energy and radiation terminology (MLC-0119). Request the full dataset.