Pressurized and Boiling water Reactor with Animations

The Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR) keep water under pressure so that it heats, but does not boil. Water from the reactor and the water in the steam generator that is turned into steam never mix. In this way, most of the radioactivity stays in the reactor area.

The Boiling Water Reactor (BWR)

The Boiling Water Reactor (BWR) actually boil the water. In both types, water is converted to steam and then recycled back into water by a part called the condenser, to be used again in the heat process.

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Anonymous said...: These Pressurized and Boiling Water Reactors are mainly used in power plants to generate the steam. In any type of power generation also the generation of steam was the main factor because by this steam only the turbine rotates. But the steam generated by these two types of water reactors are not used for rotating the turbine but the steam will be again used to regenerate the steam by making the steam as water.; 29 November 2014 at 13:13