are PWR.. In the BWR, the water heated by the reactor core is kept under pressure so that it does not turn to steam at all it remains liquid. Steam to drive the turbine is generated in separate piece of equipment called steam generator. steam generator is giant cylinder with thousands of tubes in it through which the hot radioactive water can flow. Outside the tubes in the steam generator, nonradioactive water or clean water boils and eventually turns to steam. The clean water come from one of several sources oceans, lakes or rivers.
In the BWR, the water heated by the reactor core is kept under pressure so that it does not turn to steam at all it remains liquid. Steam to drive the turbine is generated in separate piece of equipment called steam generator. steam generator is giant cylinder with thousands of tubes in it through which the hot radioactive water can flow. Outside the tubes in the steam generator, nonradioactive water or clean water boils and eventually turns to steam. The clean water come from one of several sources oceans, lakes or rivers. The radioactive water flows back to the steam generator.
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