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Fig. 4.5 Simplified layout of typical US pressurized water reactor (PWR) NPP [1].
Courtesy of US NRC.

4.2.1 Pressurized water reactors
Accounting on the available information in the open literature and figures provided by
major nuclear vendors (ROSATOM/ROSENERGOATOM, MHI, and AREVA) and
US NRC, it was decided to show the following reactors and NPPs:

(1) 1000-MW el VVER-1000-reactor NPP (Russian design) (see Figs. 4.2–4.4). Basic parame-
ters of VVER-1000 are listed in Table 4.1. Reference parameters of Generation III+ VVER
are listed in Table 4.2 and additional parameters—in Table 4.3;
(2) Typical US PWR NPP (see Fig. 4.5). Basic parameters of US PWR NPP and AP-1000 NPP
(Generation III+) are listed in Tables 4.4 and 4.5, respectively;
(3) MHI Advanced PWR NPP layout and typical PWR fuel assembly (see Figs. 4.6 and 4.7,
respectively); and
(4) Main design and operating parameters for EPR (AREVA) (see Table 4.6).