Types of Nuclear Reactor Power Plants
There are many concepts for nuclear reactors, however, we shall limit our discussion to the following types of plants which have been built commercially. These are :
Thermal reactors :
- Pressurized water reactor (PWR) power plant.
- Boiling water reactor (BWR) power plants.
- The gas cooled reactor (GCR) power plants.
- High temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR) power plant.
- Pressurized heavy water reactor (PHWR) power plant.
Fast breeder reactors :
- Liquid metal fast breeder reactor (LMFBR)
- Gas cooled fast breeder reactor (GCFBR)