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(Russia: Reaktory Bolshoi Moshchnosti Kanalynye , meaning "high-power pressure tube reactor") A graphite-moderated boiling light water pressure tube reactor. A pressure tube type graphite-moderated reactor developed by the former Soviet Union. It uses low-enriched uranium as fuel, light water as a coolant, and graphite as a moderator. In 1986, a serious accident occurred at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant with this type of reactor. LWGR.
[Additional information] In English, it is called LWGR (light water-cooled graphite-moderated reactor).

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Japanese:

《〈ロシア〉Reaktory Bolshoi Moshchnosti Kanalynye 「高出力圧力管原子炉」の意》黒鉛減速沸騰軽水圧力管型原子炉。旧ソ連が開発した圧力管型の黒鉛減速炉。低濃縮ウランを燃料とし、冷却材に軽水、減速材に黒鉛を用いる。1986年にチェルノブイリ原子力発電所でこの炉型の原子炉が深刻な事故を起こした。LWGR。
[補説]英語ではLWGR（light water-cooled Graphite-moderated reactor）と呼ばれる。

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