CHAPTER ONE - FEMA

Cooling water is pumped into the reactor vessel where it circulates, picks up heat (and small amounts of radioactive fission products) from the fuel, and flows out of the reactor vessel. Figure 5-8. The Atomic Fission Reaction. There are two types of RCSs, Pressurized Water Reactors (PWRs) and Boiling Water Reactors (BWRs). ................
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