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This side facing port was occupied by another component known as Pressurized Mating Adapter 3, or PMA 3, which had to be removed in order to make way for connecting Tranquility.
Path clear for STS 130 to attach Tranquility module | Universe Today 2010
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Built through the 1990s, they include the design types known as Pressurized Water Reactors, which comprise the majority of all U.S. nuclear plants, as well as Boiling Water Reactors, the other type used by the U.S. power industry.
Facing South 2010
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Pressurized water entering the system just runs out the overflow valve.
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The reactor being built in Finland, the European Pressurized Reactor, or EPR, was the result of research efforts by Areva and Germany's Siemens AG to create a new generation of safe, efficient nuclear plants.
Areva High-Tech Reactor Hits New Snag Max Colchester 2011
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The latest generation of nuclear reactors have been through rigorous safety tests, in particular in the wake of the 9/11 attacks in the U.S. Take the latest European Pressurized Reactor as an example.
The Burning Issue Angela Henshall 2011
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Pressurized, filtered and soft water systems throughout.
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Pressurized water reactors are twice as numerous as boiling water reactors, though many utilities have reactors of each type.
Plant Safety Systems Questioned From Failed Reactor Rebecca Smith 2011
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They have protested the construction and pointed out the inherent dangers and technical threats posed by the planned French European Pressurized Reactors.
Kumi Naidoo: Banking on the Next Fukushima Kumi Naidoo 2011
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Pressurized water entering the system just runs out the overflow valve.
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The reactor, which is one of the first of the new, third generation reactors (EPR – European Pressurized Reactor), was supposed to begin producing electricity in 2009, but the project has been delayed because of technical difficulties and quality problems.
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