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advanced gas-cooled reactor

noun

  1. a nuclear reactor using carbon dioxide as the coolant, graphite as the moderator, and ceramic uranium dioxide cased in stainless steel as the fuel AGR
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Oxide fuels include the remaining overseas-derived spent fuels that are being stored at Sellafield before reprocessing at Thorp and also the spent fuels from the UK's fleet of Advanced Gas-Cooled Reactor power stations, which are owned and operated by EDF Energy.

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The Hinkley Point B advanced gas-cooled reactor near Bridgwater, Somerset could remain open beyond its planned closure.

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Confessing that not enough research had gone into the project, the commission canceled an advanced gas-cooled reactor scheduled to be built in Florida by a group of Florida and Midwestern utilities.

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