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Examples of light water in a Sentence
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Today, every American nuclear plant uses light water reactors, in which water is pumped into a reactor core and heated by atomic fission, producing steam to create electricity.
—Brad Plumer, New York Times, 12 Nov. 2023
In Keaton Beach, a small coastal community, light water stains and dirt about a foot or so off the ground marked some homes by late Wednesday, showing where floodwaters had reached.
—WSJ, 31 Aug. 2023
Lyman calls on Congress to suspend the Energy Department’s first-of-its-kind advanced reactor demonstration program, implemented in the Trump administration, that recently awarded $160 million for companies to build two non-light water reactors that can be operational within seven years.
—Josh Siegel, Washington Examiner, 18 Mar. 2021
There are some 50 modular designs being developed globally, and while many are traditional light water reactors, which use water to cool the reactor core, others gain efficiency by using coolants such as gas, which allow reactors to reach higher temperatures.
—Discover Magazine, 16 Feb. 2012
The design calls for a light water reactor—essentially the same atom-splitting engineering found within the majority of big nuclear power plants around the world.
—WIRED, 27 Feb. 2023
A couple of additional modular light water reactors are about to start the certification process.
—Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica, 1 Sep. 2020
The Strider shorts are made of ultra-light water-repelling material, designed to make the shorts dry rapidly.
—Thomas Hindle, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Jan. 2023
In May, Ewing and some colleagues published a paper that suggested SMR designs will produce more—and more radioactive—waste than today’s light water reactors.
—David Meyer, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2022
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Word History
First Known Use
1933, in the meaning defined above
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“Light water.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/light%20water. Accessed 10 Jun. 2024.
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