What are the typical power densities in conventional boiling water nuclear reactor per cubic centimeter of fission material?
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Without going into the details of it, a conventional BWR gives a power density of $50 kW/liter$ inside the core, which is about half that of PWR.
Mind you, this includes the coolant inside the core and not the fissile material only. ref
answered Apr 7 '12 at 16:52
