a nuclear reactor using a gas as the coolant. In the Mark I type the coolant is carbon dioxide, the moderator is graphite, and the fuel is uranium cased in magnox
See also advanced gas-cooled reactor
Examples of 'gas-cooled reactor' in a sentence
gas-cooled reactor
After emergency shutdown of high-temperature-gas-cooled reactor, the residual heat of the reactor core should be removed.
Xingtuan Yang, Yanfei Sun, Huaiming Ju, Shengyao Jiang 2014, 'Procedure of Active Residual Heat Removal after Emergency Shutdown of High-Temperature-Gas-CooledReactor', Science and Technology of Nuclear Installationshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/583597. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)