1. Nuclear Power

2. Types of Nuclear Power Plants in The U.S.
Two types of commercial nuclear power plants
Pressure Water Reactor
Boiling Water Reactor
Both are LIGHT water reactors

3. Types of Nuclear Power Plants in The U.S.
Pressure Water Reactor
Water in the primary system never boils
Primary water is around 550°F & 2200 PSI
Three separate water loops that should never come into contact with each other
Has huge heat exchangers called steam generators
Reactor control rods enter from the top of the reactor vessel

4. Types of Nuclear Power Plants in The U.S.
Boiling Water Reactor
Water in the reactor boils and the steam that drives the turbine has been in contact with the nuclear fuel
Has only two independent water systems
Much smaller containment building
General Electric design
Has recirculation pumps
Reactor control rods enter from the bottom of the reactor vessel

5. Pressure Water Reactor

8. Boiling Water Reactor

9. Pressure Water Reactor

10. Boiling Water Reactor

11. Boiling Water Reactor

13. Reactor vessel under construction

20. McGuire on Lake Norman

21. Harris Near Raleigh

22. Brunswick AT Southport

23. Catawba Near Rock Hill SC

24. Robinson Hartsville SC

25. Ozone Seneca SC

26. Crystal River Florida

28. The Greatest Risk To All Nuclear Power Plants
Loss of off site power (connection to the grid)
This is were you enter the picture

29. Nuclear power plant control room during emergency shutdown - YouTube
Nuclear Control Room Loss of RCS
Generator Synchronizing
Synchronizing Bruce 1
Synchronizing Dry Fork Coal Unit

30. Refueling Outage
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