Nuclear Reactor - Components

Components

The key components common to most types of nuclear power plants are:

  • Nuclear fuel
  • Nuclear reactor core
  • Neutron moderator
  • Neutron poison
  • Neutron howitzer (provides steady source of neutrons to re-initiate reaction following shutdown)
  • Coolant (often the Neutron Moderator and the Coolant are the same, usually both purified water)
  • Control rods
  • Reactor vessel
  • Boiler feedwater pump
  • Steam generators (not in BWRs)
  • Steam turbine
  • Electrical generator
  • Condenser
  • Cooling tower (not always required)
  • Radwaste System (a section of the plant handling radioactive waste)
  • Refueling Floor
  • Spent fuel pool
  • Nuclear safety systems
    • Reactor Protective System (RPS)
    • Emergency Diesel Generators
    • Emergency Core Cooling Systems (ECCS)
    • Standby Liquid Control System (emergency boron injection, in BWRs only)
  • Essential service water system (ESWS)
  • Containment building
  • Control room
  • Emergency Operations Facility
  • Nuclear training facility (usually contains a Control Room simulator)

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