Pressure tube reactor

Nuclear reactorSee 'reactor'. in which the fuelSee 'nuclear fuel'. elements are contained within many tubes through which the coolantAny substance used to remove the heat in a nuclear reactor. ... is circulated. This tube arrangement is surrounded by the moderatorMaterial used to "decelerate" fast neutrons to low energies,.... In the Canadian CANDUCanadian heavy-water-moderated pressure tube natural uranium... reactorSystem used to initiate, maintain and control a fission chai... type, heavy waterDeuterium oxide, D2O; water containing two deuterium atoms i... (D2O) is used as a coolantAny substance used to remove the heat in a nuclear reactor. ... and moderatorMaterial used to "decelerate" fast neutrons to low energies,...; in the Russian RBMKLatin transcription of a Russian reactor type designation: (... reactorSystem used to initiate, maintain and control a fission chai... type, light water (H2O) is used as coolantAny substance used to remove the heat in a nuclear reactor. ... and graphite as a moderatorMaterial used to "decelerate" fast neutrons to low energies,....