RBMK
noun
Elementary
1
A kind of graphite-moderated nuclear reactor, designed so that, instead of a large steel pressure vessel surrounding the entire core, the core is surrounded by a cylindrical annular steel tank inside a concrete vault and each fuel assembly is enclosed in an individual pipe or channel that also contains the coolant.
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