ABSTRACT
The purpose of this section is to compare the features of the RBMK reactor operated at Chernobyl with reactor types pertinent to the UK. It will be recollected that the RBMK covers a large number of reactors and the comparisons made are indeed with Chernobyl No. 4. The UK reactors covered are in three classes: the commercial reactors now built and operated or in commission (Magnox and Advanced Gas-cooled Reactor (AGR)); the prototype Steam Generating Heavy Water Reactor (SGHWR) and Prototype Fast Reactor (PFR) that have comparable performance to commercial reactors; and the proposed Pressurised Water Reactor (PWR) or Sizewell ‘B’ design which, it
will be recollected, is different in detail from PWRs built elsewhere. We do not include research and test reactors nor the Royal Navy PWRs.
