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- initialism
boiling water reactor
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Examples
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Consider this: the pool at the Vermont Yankee reactor, a BWR Mark I the same design as the four crippled Fukushima nuclear reactors, currently holds nearly three times the amount of spent fuel stored at Dai-Ichi's Unit 4 reactor.
Robert Alvarez: America's Nuclear Spent-Fuel Time Bombs Robert Alvarez 2011
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"The BWR Mark 1 reactor is the industry's workhorse with a proven track record of safety and reliability for more than 40 years," said Michael Tetuan , spokesman for GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy.
GE Defends Design of Stricken Japanese Reactor Andrew Dowell 2011
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To put this in another way, a BWR reactor boils water to produce electricity by generating cancer-causing materials.
Marvin Resnikoff: Doomsday Scenario at Fukushima Marvin Resnikoff 2011
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The United States has 31 boiling water reactors BWR with pools elevated several stories above ground, similar to those at the Fukushima Dai-Ichi station.
Robert Alvarez: America's Nuclear Spent-Fuel Time Bombs Robert Alvarez 2011
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The United States has 31 boiling water reactors BWR with pools elevated several stories above ground, similar to those at the Fukushima Dai-Ichi station.
Robert Alvarez: America's Nuclear Spent-Fuel Time Bombs Robert Alvarez 2011
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The nuclear reactors BWR i.e., boiling water reactor have multiple safety measures.
IAEA: No Indication of Nuclear Reactor Meltdown in Japan 2011
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To put this in another way, a BWR reactor boils water to produce electricity by generating cancer-causing materials.
Marvin Resnikoff: Doomsday Scenario at Fukushima Marvin Resnikoff 2011
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The nuclear reactors BWR i.e., boiling water reactor have multiple safety measures.
IAEA: No Indication of Nuclear Reactor Meltdown in Japan 2011
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Consider this: the pool at the Vermont Yankee reactor, a BWR Mark I the same design as the four crippled Fukushima nuclear reactors, currently holds nearly three times the amount of spent fuel stored at Dai-Ichi's Unit 4 reactor.
Robert Alvarez: America's Nuclear Spent-Fuel Time Bombs Robert Alvarez 2011
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Japan's largest power utility by capacity is virtually the only major user of boiling-water reactors, or BWR, worldwide.
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