Definition of "nuclear reactor" [nuclear reactor]

Any of several devices in which a chain reaction is initiated and controlled, with the resulting heat typically used for power generation and the neutrons and fission products used for military, experimental, and medical purposes. Also called atomic reactor. (noun)

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Use "nuclear reactor" in a sentence

"Alex supposed that Brobdingnagians had an innate talent for that kind of engineering; or maybe it was just that they could work on a nuclear reactor as casually as a human could tinker with an aircar engine, and thus acquired a knack for it."
""The market is temporarily relieved that alternative fuel costs will be held down if local governments give in to Kan's request for nuclear reactor restarts," said Naoki Fujiwara, a fund manager at Shinkin Asset Management."
"The Dolphin's nuclear reactor had to be somewhere."

Words like "nuclear reactor"

apparatus atomic pile

atomic reactor

breeder reactor

chain reactor

fast reactor

fusion reactor

gas-cooled reactor

liquid metal reactor

nuclear reactor core

pile reactor

setup thermal reactor

thermonuclear reactor

water-cooled reactor