BWR-3
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BWR-3 is a third-generation boiling water reactor design developed by General Electric and used in several nuclear power plants worldwide, including Fukushima Daiichi Unit 3.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| BWR-3 canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9583213 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: BWR-3 Context triple: [Fukushima Daiichi Unit 3, reactorType, BWR-3]
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A.
BWR-4
BWR-4 is a General Electric-designed boiling water reactor model widely used in commercial nuclear power plants built during the late 1960s and 1970s.
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B.
K15 pressurized water reactor
The K15 pressurized water reactor is a French naval nuclear reactor design used to power modern French aircraft carriers and submarines.
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C.
VVER-1000
VVER-1000 is a Russian-designed pressurized water nuclear reactor model widely used for commercial electricity generation.
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D.
K-East Reactor
K-East Reactor was one of the plutonium production reactors at the Hanford Site in Washington State, built during the Cold War to support the U.S. nuclear weapons program.
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E.
PM-3A nuclear reactor
The PM-3A nuclear reactor was a small U.S. Navy-built nuclear power plant that supplied electricity and heat to McMurdo Station in Antarctica during the 1960s and early 1970s.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: BWR-3 Target entity description: BWR-3 is a third-generation boiling water reactor design developed by General Electric and used in several nuclear power plants worldwide, including Fukushima Daiichi Unit 3.
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A.
BWR-4
BWR-4 is a General Electric-designed boiling water reactor model widely used in commercial nuclear power plants built during the late 1960s and 1970s.
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B.
K15 pressurized water reactor
The K15 pressurized water reactor is a French naval nuclear reactor design used to power modern French aircraft carriers and submarines.
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C.
VVER-1000
VVER-1000 is a Russian-designed pressurized water nuclear reactor model widely used for commercial electricity generation.
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D.
K-East Reactor
K-East Reactor was one of the plutonium production reactors at the Hanford Site in Washington State, built during the Cold War to support the U.S. nuclear weapons program.
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E.
PM-3A nuclear reactor
The PM-3A nuclear reactor was a small U.S. Navy-built nuclear power plant that supplied electricity and heat to McMurdo Station in Antarctica during the 1960s and early 1970s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | boiling water reactor design ⓘ |
| application | commercial electricity generation ⓘ |
| circulationType | forced circulation with recirculation loops ⓘ |
| controlRodDriveType | hydraulic control rod drive ⓘ |
| controlRodInsertionDirection | from bottom of reactor vessel ⓘ |
| coolant | light water ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| designer |
General Electric Company
ⓘ
linked to:
General Electric
|
| developer | General Electric ⓘ |
| eraOfDeployment |
1960s
ⓘ
1970s ⓘ |
| fuelCladding | zircaloy ⓘ |
| fuelForm | uranium dioxide fuel pellets ⓘ |
| fuelType | low-enriched uranium dioxide ⓘ |
| generation | third-generation BWR design ⓘ |
| generationPredecessor | BWR-2 ⓘ |
| generationSuccessor | BWR-4 ⓘ |
| moderator | light water ⓘ |
| neutronSpectrum | thermal ⓘ |
| notableEventAssociation |
Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident (Unit 3)
ⓘ
linked to:
Fukushima Daiichi Unit 3
|
| primaryContainmentType |
Mark I containment
ⓘ
linked to:
Mark I
|
| reactorType | boiling water reactor ⓘ |
| reactorVesselMaterial | low-alloy steel with stainless steel cladding ⓘ |
| recirculationSystem | external recirculation pumps ⓘ |
| regulatoryCategory | light water reactor ⓘ |
| safetyFeature | negative void coefficient of reactivity ⓘ |
| safetySystem |
core spray system
ⓘ
emergency core cooling system ⓘ high-pressure coolant injection system ⓘ low-pressure coolant injection system ⓘ |
| steamGenerationMethod | direct cycle ⓘ |
| steamSeparatorType | internal steam separators and dryers ⓘ |
| steamUse | steam generated in reactor vessel drives turbine directly ⓘ |
| typicalCoreOutletTemperature | about 285–290 °C ⓘ |
| typicalElectricalOutputRange | approximately 600–800 MWe ⓘ |
| typicalOperatingPressure | about 7 MPa ⓘ |
| typicalThermalPowerRange | approximately 1800–2400 MWth ⓘ |
| usedFuelCycle | once-through fuel cycle ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Brown's Ferry Nuclear Plant Unit 1
ⓘ
linked to:
Brown's Ferry Nuclear Plant
Cooper Nuclear Station ⓘ Dresden Nuclear Power Station Unit 2 ⓘ
linked to:
Dresden Generating Station
Dresden Nuclear Power Station Unit 3 ⓘ Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Unit 3 ⓘ
linked to:
Fukushima Daiichi Unit 3
Nine Mile Point Nuclear Generating Station Unit 1 ⓘ
linked to:
Nine Mile Point Nuclear Generating Station
Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station ⓘ Quad Cities Nuclear Generating Station Unit 1 ⓘ Quad Cities Nuclear Generating Station Unit 2 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: BWR-3 Description of subject: BWR-3 is a third-generation boiling water reactor design developed by General Electric and used in several nuclear power plants worldwide, including Fukushima Daiichi Unit 3.
Referenced by (2)
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