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   ocr: Report on LIGHT WATER NUCLEAR REACTORS I. IRTRODUCTION There are approximately five hundred nuclear power plants in operation or under construction worldwide. These plants can produce as much as 370,000 megawatts of electric- ity. These nuciear power plants can be categorized into four types: (1) light water reactors, (2) heavy water reac- tors, (2) gas- cooled reactors, and (4) breeder reactors. Basically, a nuclear power reactor operates by having a cen- tral unit, called the core, in which nuclear rission reac- tions take place and produce heat. A - liquid, called the coolant, flows through ...