Sizewell B Pressurised Water Reactor (PWR), 1982.
- Made:
- 1982
engineering model, scale 1:50, of Sizewell-B proposed PWR model, 1982, the first Pressurised Water Reactor in Britain, operational in 1995. cut-away section shows core of reactor.
Sizewell "B" proposed PWR model, 1982. Engineering model (scale 1:50). This is the first PWR in Britain, based on a design from the US. The fuel is uranium dioxide, supported in a large steel tank (the reactor pressure vessel) filled with water at a very high pressure. Water is pumped through the reactor to carry the heat away from the fuel. This heated water passes through a heat exchanger, where it heats a second supply of water. This water boils and the steam drives generators to produce electricity. This reactor became operational at Sizewell in 1995.
Details
- Category:
- Nuclear Energy
- Object Number:
- 1982-1672
- Measurements:
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overall: 1600 x 1140 mm
- type:
- nuclear reactors, models and engineering models
- credit:
- Central Electricity Generating Board
