IELTS Exam Preparation - IELTS Writing Task 1 #92

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IELTS Exam Preparation - IELTS Writing Task 1 #92

You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. The diagram below shows the production of steam using a gas cooled nuclear reactor. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.

model answer: A gas-cooled nuclear reactor consists of the reactor itself and a heat exchanger. The reactor contains uranium fuel elements which are surrounded by graphite moderators and topped by charge tubes for loading fuel elements, and boron control rods. The whole reactor is contained in a pressure vessel surrounded by a concrete shield. From the reactor the hot gas flows through a duct into the heat exchanger which is
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