Sentence examples for reactor head from inspiring English sources

The control rods of a typical PWR are inserted from the top (through the reactor head), whereas those of a BWR are inserted from the bottom.

The violations cited included failure to remove large amounts of acid on the reactor head, which caused nozzles to crack, and leaving acid deposits on air coolers.

A rotary-to-linear version of the Harmonic Drive uses a screw and moves the control rod in a nuclear reactor head without mechanical contact through a sealed tube.

There were two approaches of KOH activation; the second differed from the first one by using a mechanical stainless still agitator built-in into the reactor through the reactor head to intensify the activation process.

The whistleblowers had identified several safety issues, but the focus of much of the hearing revolved around a powerful "polar crane" whose job was to lift the heavy reactor head so that problems within the reactor could be addressed.

In 2002, the only thing that stood in the way of a burst reactor head and a release of radiation was 3/16 of an inch of a bulging steel liner.

During the shutdown, Mr. Steets said, workers will inspect the reactor vessel head for corrosion, which could lead to a leak.

In fact, investigators found that the acid had eaten through the carbon steel part of the reactor vessel head, leaving only a thin stainless steel lining intact.

In a joint statement, Areva and EDF said new tests were under way on the "reactor vessel head and bottom".

Both smooth and hypervapotron surface are tested at various inclination angles of the test section to simulate various positions of the reactor lower head.

Estimation of this value is fundamentally important in simulations of heat and mass transfer in stratified melt, such as in-vessel melt retention and reactor lower head failure.