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The moderator is in a large tank called a calandria, penetrated by several hundred horizontal pressure tubes that form channels for the fuel, cooled by a flow of heavy water under high pressure in the primary cooling circuit, reaching 290°C.
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A calandria (horse and carriage) ride through the Centro Histórico.
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A calandria (horse and carriage) ride through the Centro Histórico.
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A calandria (horse and carriage) ride through the Centro Histórico.
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A calandria (horse and carriage) ride through the Centro Histórico.
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A calandria (horse and carriage) ride through the Centro Histórico.
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A calandria (horse and carriage) ride through the Centro Histórico.
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A calandria (horse and carriage) ride through the Centro Histórico.
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A calandria (horse and carriage) ride through the Centro Histórico.
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Control rods penetrate the calandria vertically, and a secondary shutdown system involves adding gadolinium to the moderator.
yarb commented on the word calandria
...They are worried about calandrias
and Grigorievich Grigorenko.
Unassailed by such anxieties,
perhaps I should retrain to program
dumb Artificial Intelligence
in unmeasured no bullshit language -
ALGOL and COBOL and FORTRAN.
- Peter Reading, Interior, from Tom O' Bedlam's Beauties, 1981
June 28, 2008