The reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi plant are boiling - water reactors.

福岛第一核电站的反应堆都是沸水反应堆。

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Particularly useful to boiling-water reactors is a system that is steam driven.

对沸水堆特别有用的是一个由蒸汽驱动的系统。

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Richard T. Lahey Jr., G.E.’s former head of safety research for the type of boiling-water reactors installed at Daiichi, said restoring the emergency cooling pumps was crucial.

Richard T. Lahey Jr是通用电力安全调研部前任部长，负责福岛第一核电站的沸水反应器。 他认为重建应急冷却泵十分关键。

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Companies with boiling-water reactors similar to the ones in Japan include Exelon Corp.

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The reactors at Fukushima-Daiichi are called boiling-water reactors (BWRs) and were manufactured by General Electric.

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