How Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR) Power Plants Work! - saVRee Snacks (SS#16)

In this video, we will learn how pressurized water reactor (PWR) power stations work. PWRs are the most common type of nuclear reactor in the world, the other common type being the BWR.
Here is a brief overview of how a PWR works:
1. Water is pumped under high pressure to the reactor core.
2. The water is heated by the energy released by the fission of atoms in the fuel rods.
3. The hot water is then pumped to a steam generator, where it transfers its heat to a separate water loop (secondary system).
4. The secondary system water in the steam generator boils, creating steam.
5. The steam is then used to turn a turbine, which generates electricity.
6. The steam is then condensed back into water and pumped back to the steam generator.
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[@legojangofett1088]

I just want to say thank you so much for explaining how the reactor works. I’m writing a paper, and for some reason I chose to write about nuclear energy despite having no clue how it works. Looking at diagrams was helping slightly but I really wasn’t getting it, so I found this video and I can’t thank you enough

[@RobertCraft-re5sf]

I appreciate the new Snacks intro! Your video are great. Thanks!

[@ScanderiteMagnoliaGalaxyPG3D]

thanks saVRee

[@savree-3d]

You are welcome.

[@heliosex7238]

Great video! I think it’d be cool to see how one of those huge blast furnaces work, as a suggestion

[@savree-3d]

Great suggestion!

[@animenmusic16]

Can you please explain the function of pressurizer in brief

[@lightlevel9176]

This is cool as heck! I love this! You deserve way more views. I hope you'll get the fame you deserve one day! Keep this up!

[@savree-3d]

Thank you so much!

[@alext6933]

Thanks 😊

[@savree-3d]

Welcome 😊

[@zhubajie6940]

I've never seen IP turbine in any nuclear plant. The exhaust of the HP goes to the MSR moisture separator reheater and back to the LP turbines.

[@savree-3d]

You can see one here:
www.ge.com/steam-power/products/steam-turbines/nuclear-arabelle
They are not common, but they do exist.

[@louismechler4338]

french N4 1500MW and EPR 1650 use an IP turbine.
fast 1500 project also used one.

[@nativewarrior39]

How did you get the model?

[@akashpal9266]

❤

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[@WalterBurton]

Love the 8-bit tune, could do without the belch, personally. Hashtag constructive feedback.