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Feedwater

Term · Nuclear energy and radiation · MLC-T-NUC-000175

Water supplied to the reactor pressure vessel in a boiling-water reactor (BWR) or the steam generator in a pressurized-water reactor (PWR) that removes heat from the reactor fuel rods by boiling and becoming steam. The steam becomes the driving force for the plant's turbine generator.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-NUC-000175
FieldNuclear energy and radiation
ReferencesNRC Glossary
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-NUC-000175",
  "term": "Feedwater",
  "field": "Nuclear energy and radiation",
  "definition": "Water supplied to the reactor pressure vessel in a boiling-water reactor (BWR) or the steam generator in a pressurized-water reactor (PWR) that removes heat from the reactor fuel rods by boiling and becoming steam. The steam becomes the driving force for the plant's turbine generator.",
  "references": [
    "NRC Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/nuclear/feedwater/"
}

Record 175 of 555 in Nuclear energy and radiation terminology (MLC-0119). Request the full dataset.