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Steam generator

Term · Nuclear energy and radiation · MLC-T-NUC-000492

The heat exchanger used in some reactor designs to transfer heat from the primary (reactor coolant) system to the secondary (steam) system. This design permits heat exchange with little or no contamination of the secondary system equipment.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-NUC-000492
FieldNuclear energy and radiation
ReferencesNRC Glossary
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-NUC-000492",
  "term": "Steam generator",
  "field": "Nuclear energy and radiation",
  "definition": "The heat exchanger used in some reactor designs to transfer heat from the primary (reactor coolant) system to the secondary (steam) system. This design permits heat exchange with little or no contamination of the secondary system equipment.",
  "references": [
    "NRC Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/nuclear/steam-generator/"
}

Record 485 of 548 in Nuclear energy and radiation terminology (MLC-0119). Request the full dataset.