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'Large' size
Electric output of between 200 MWe and 300 MWe (or more)
Low enriched uranium
Uranium enriched to less than 5 percent U-235
Deuterium-depleted water
Containing the natural proportion (or less) of deuterium oxide, i.e. about 0.02 percent
Liquid-metal cooled fast reactor
Primary heat transport: often Na, Pb, Na-K or Pb-Bi eutectic
Integral LMFR with a pool-form vessel
Kind of integral LMFR
Boiling water reactor
Heat transport usually with light (normal) water or vapour
Pressurized heavy-water reactor
Primary heat transport: D2O - so-called heavy water
Integral LWR with a pool-form vessel
Kind of integral PWR (or BWR)