Moderiran in hlajen z navadno vodo. V reaktorju je tako visok pritisk, da voda ne zavre. Toplota se prenaša na sekundarni krog v uparjalniku, kjer nastaja para in poganja turbino.
PWR | BWR | PHWR | GCR & AGCR | LWGR | FBR
Moderated and cooled with light water that does not boil in the reactor. Steam that is produced in the steam generator drives the turbine.