Latin transcription of a Russian reactorSystem used to initiate, maintain and control a fission chai... type designation:
(reaktor balschoi moschnosti kanalnui, (reactorSystem used to initiate, maintain and control a fission chai... of high power of the channel type). RBMK (aka LWGR, Light-Water-Cooled, Graphite-Moderated ReactorSystem used to initiate, maintain and control a fission chai...) is a graphite-moderated boiling water pressure tube reactorNuclear reactor in which the fuel elements are contained wit... in which the steam is not generated in a pressure vesselThick-walled cylindrical steel vessel enclosing the reactor ..., but in up to 2 000 separate pressure tubes containing the fuelSee 'nuclear fuel'. elements. The use of graphite as a moderatorMaterial used to "decelerate" fast neutrons to low energies,... leads to a large-volume reactorSystem used to initiate, maintain and control a fission chai... corePart of the nuclear reactor where the fission chain reaction... of 12 m diameter and 7 m height. Consequently, the control of the reactorSystem used to initiate, maintain and control a fission chai... is relatively complicated from the neutronUncharged elementary particle with a mass of 1.67492716 ·10... physical point of view and imposes increased requirements on the mode of operation concerning the control rods. In Russia eleven RBMK units with 1 000 MWeMegawatt electric; electric output of a power plant in megaw... each and four with 12 MWeMegawatt electric; electric output of a power plant in megaw... each are in operation.
Nuclear power plantThermal power plant, primarily used for electricity generati... with RBMK