nuclear reactor

noun

physics
: a large device that produces nuclear energy

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View gallery - 4 images The Idaho National Laboratory (INL) has cleared a major hurdle in making a Generation IV nuclear reactor practical. David Szondy, New Atlas, 17 Mar. 2025 Moon, the submarine expert, said that North Korea may have received Russian technological assistance to build a nuclear reactor to be used in the submarine in return for supplying conventional weapons and troops to support Russia’s war efforts against Ukraine. Hyung-Jin Kim, Chicago Tribune, 8 Mar. 2025 Forty-five years ago, a nuclear reactor in Pennsylvania, Three Mile Island, experienced a partial nuclear meltdown. Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 26 Feb. 2025 The first humans to Mars might someday ride a rocket propelled by a nuclear reactor to their destination. Julian Dossett, Space.com, 9 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for nuclear reactor

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“Nuclear reactor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nuclear%20reactor. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.

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