IHE
reactor
steam corection moisture separator
generator
steam turbine
control, rod
pressure tube
coolant water
emergency water
graphite
fuel assembly
teedwater pump
main pump
The
RBKM-1000
pressurized tube graphite moderated
boiling
water
reactor used in the Chernobyl power station is only
found
in the Soviet Union. It has 1,663 pressurized tubes. A mixture of and steam and water passes through the steam and water separator the steam is conveyed directly to the steam turbines to power the
generator.
This type of reactor is not the same as
water reactor used in many
the pressurized
The reactor core is
bed.
countries.
composed of a 12 meters diameter,
Metallic uranium fuel and pressurized tubes.
7 meter high graphite
The temperature of
the graphite bed reaches 700 C. It is easily combustible. When it
gas,
comes into contact with water it gives off an inflammable
The reactor had no containment
and is
potentially dangerous.
building and there were serious escapes of radioactivity
during
the accident.
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