reactor
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6.3
- noun
- /riˈæktər/
- Specialized
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reactor nuclear
- Now this is a picture of a reactor being refueled.
- nuclear reactor
- reactor fuel
- power reactor
You can feed used fuel from the other reactors into those fast reactors.
- You can feed used fuel from the other reactors into those fast reactors.
- They now have Pebble bed reactors that will not create a Chernobyl.
- This was the week before the Fukushima reactor collapse.
- Do the small reactors generate waste, too?
- That's the opposite of ordinary fission reactors, OK.
- And I think small nuclear will do it, as well as thorium reactors, which are now safe nuclear reactors.
- So basically I agree with Atman bring up the small modular reactors.
Examples
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You can power an industrial reactor with it, but not make a bomb.
Fiction book (1994) -
Russia helped Iran build its reactor at Bushehr, which became operational this year.
Academic text (2011) -
A nuclear reactor in space?
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Additional employees do other jobs, such as maintaining the reactor when it is shut down.
Academic text (1999) -
Why isn't there a single operating commercial reactor of this kind in the world?
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This was the week before the Fukushima reactor collapse.
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Nuclear reactors could provide power almost indefinitely.
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With a controlled chain reaction, a reactor draws power steadily and stably for years.
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The nuclear reactor generates electricity for thousands of homes.
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Engineers are designing a new reactor that safely produces energy without harmful emissions.
Synonyms
42
4.8
A machine that makes heat and electricity by splitting atoms in a controlled way
10
6.6
A machine that makes energy by joining atoms like the sun
2
8.4
An early nuclear reactor used to create a controlled chain reaction
1
8.4
A reactor that makes more nuclear fuel than it uses
1
8.1
A nuclear reactor where water boils in the core to make steam that turns a turbine
1
7.4
A nuclear reactor that uses water under high pressure to cool the core and make steam
1
4.3
A machine that splits atoms to make energy for electricity or research
1
8.4
A nuclear reactor that uses fast neutrons without a moderator to make energy
1
7.0
A machine in a nuclear power plant that boils water to make steam to turn a turbine
1
6.8
A nuclear power plant that makes electricity by splitting atoms with slow neutrons
1
7.0
A nuclear power system that uses high-pressure water to cool the core and make steam
An early device that makes energy by splitting atoms
A machine that makes nuclear energy by splitting atoms in a controlled chain reaction
A machine that makes energy by joining atoms together in a controlled way
A machine that uses water to take heat away from a nuclear core
A machine in a nuclear plant that uses gas to carry heat from the core
Compounds
- Specialized
42
4.8
A machine that makes heat and electricity by splitting atoms in a controlled way
- Specialized
1
7.0
A machine in a nuclear power plant that boils water to make steam to turn a turbine
- Specialized
1
4.3
A machine that splits atoms to make energy for electricity or research
- Specialized
1
8.4
A nuclear reactor that uses fast neutrons without a moderator to make energy
- Specialized
1
7.0
A nuclear power system that uses high-pressure water to cool the core and make steam
- Specialized
1
6.8
A nuclear power plant that makes electricity by splitting atoms with slow neutrons
- Specialized
A machine that makes nuclear energy by splitting atoms in a controlled chain reaction
- Specialized
A machine in a nuclear plant that uses gas to carry heat from the core
- Specialized
A machine that makes energy by joining atoms together in a controlled way
- Specialized
A machine that uses water to take heat away from a nuclear core
How Powerful
- Specialized
248
6.3
- Specialized
24
4.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Reactor comes from the verb react ('to respond' or 'act back') and the ending -or that means 'something that does'. So a reactor is something that makes or controls a reaction, which is why a nuclear reactor keeps a controlled reaction to produce energy.