Definitions for nuclear reactor
nu·cle·ar re·ac·tor

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. nuclear reactor, reactornoun

   (physics) any of several kinds of apparatus that maintain and control a nuclear reaction for the production of energy or artificial elements

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1. nuclear reactornoun

   Any of several devices that maintain and control a sustained nuclear fission chain reaction, for the production of energy, heat, or artificial elements, or for research purposes. The main fuel sustaining the reaction and consumed by the process is typically uranium or plutonium. reactor, atomic pile, fission reactor, nuclear pile

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. nuclear reactornoun

   Any device in which a controlled chain reaction is maintained for the purpose of creating heat (for power generation) or for creating neutrons and other fission products for experimental, medical or other purposes.

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1. Nuclear reactor

   A nuclear reactor is a device used to initiate and control a fission nuclear chain reaction or nuclear fusion reactions. Nuclear reactors are used at nuclear power plants for electricity generation and in nuclear marine propulsion. Heat from nuclear fission is passed to a working fluid (water or gas), which in turn runs through steam turbines. These either drive a ship's propellers or turn electrical generators' shafts. Nuclear generated steam in principle can be used for industrial process heat or for district heating. Some reactors are used to produce isotopes for medical and industrial use, or for production of weapons-grade plutonium. As of 2022, the International Atomic Energy Agency reports there are 422 nuclear power reactors and 223 nuclear research reactors in operation around the world.In the early era of nuclear reactors (1940s), a reactor was known as a nuclear pile or atomic pile (so-called because the graphite moderator blocks of the first reactor to reach criticality were stacked in a pile).

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1. nuclear reactor

   A nuclear reactor is a device or system that initiates, controls and maintains a nuclear fission chain reaction to generate heat or power. This heat is typically used to produce steam that drives a turbine connected to electricity generators. These reactors are primarily used in nuclear power plants to produce electricity, but they can also be used in research, medicine, and ship propulsion.

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1. Nuclear reactor

   A nuclear reactor is a device to initiate and control a sustained nuclear chain reaction. Nuclear reactors are used at nuclear power plants for generating electricity and in propulsion of ships. Heat from nuclear fission is passed to a working fluid, which runs through turbines. These either drive a ship's propellers or turn electrical generators. Nuclear generated steam in principle can be used for industrial process heat or for district heating. Some reactors are used to produce isotopes for medical and industrial use, or for production of plutonium for weapons. Some are run only for research.

Dictionary of Military and Associated TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. nuclear reactor

   A facility in which fissile material is used in a self-supporting chain reaction (nuclear fission) to produce heat and/or radiation for both practical application and research and development.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of nuclear reactor in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of nuclear reactor in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of nuclear reactor in a Sentence

1. Sebastien Berg:

   This was a deliberate act to take down the nuclear reactor, and a very good way to do it.

2. Sergei Shoigu:

   The Nuclear reactor on the vessel is completely isolated, all the necessary measures were taken by the crew to protect the reactor which is in complete working order.

3. Jeffrey Lewis:

   The Russianleader claimed the nuclear-powered cruise missilehad an unlimited range, flew at a high speed and was capable of maneuverability that would allowit topierce any missile defense. One of the worlds most respected missile experts, Director of East Asia Nonproliferation Program Jeffrey Lewis, said Tuesday the U.S. tried to develop a similarly powered cruise missile in the 1950s and 60s but abandoned the project because it didnt make sense to put a nuclear reactor inside a missile. It was a technological nightmare and an ecological hazard, Jeffrey Lewis told Fox News. This is not a technology that I think makes a lot of sense for the United States. For whatever reason, the Russians have a different sense, maybe because they treat environmentalists differently than we do in the United States.

4. Peter Dixon:

   The design we have at the moment and the proposition we have at the moment is to put a tidal fence, which is a chain of these turbines in the Bristol Channel, and if we can build up to say ten kilometers worth, which is a very extended fence, you're looking at power outputs of five or six hundred megawatts and just to visualize that that's like one small nuclear reactor's worth of electricity being generated from the tides in the Bristol Channel.

5. State John Kerry:

   Just yesterday, the foreign minister (of Iran) reported to me that the calandria of the plutonium nuclear reactor is now out and in the next hours it will be filled with concrete and destroyed.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=nuclear reactor
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=nuclear reactor
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Nuclear_Reactor
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_Reactor
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=nuclear reactor
7. ^ Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
   https://www.tradoc.army.mil/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AD1029823-DOD-Dictionary-of-Military-and-Associated-Terms-2017.pdf