Boiling Water Reactor/Definition

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A definition or brief description of Boiling Water Reactor.

(BWR) A type of nuclear power reactor in which the heat of the reactor is applied directly to the water that becomes steam and spins the turbine; the water, and eventually the turbine, becomes radioactive

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