water-cooled reactor

Types:

BWR, boiling water reactor

a nuclear reactor that uses water as a coolant and moderator; the water boils in the reactor core and the steam produced can drive a steam turbine

PWR, pressurized water reactor

a nuclear reactor that uses water as a coolant and moderator; the steam produced can drive a steam turbine

Type of:

nuclear reactor, reactor

(physics) any of several kinds of apparatus that maintain and control a nuclear reaction for the production of energy or artificial elements