軽けい水すい原げん子し炉ろ

noun

light-water nuclear reactor

Technical term for a nuclear reactor that uses ordinary water as both coolant and neutron moderator.

• 軽けい水すい原げん子し炉ろは、世せ界かいで最もっとも一いっ般ぱん的てきな原げん子し炉ろの形けい式しきです。

  Light-water nuclear reactors are the most common type of nuclear reactor in the world.