nuclear reactor

noun

physics
: a large device that produces nuclear energy

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The base housed 85 to 200 soldiers and was powered by a nuclear reactor. Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2025 Altman and Musk both hope to build data centers that use a tremendous amount of electricity—each one potentially requiring as much as would be provided by a large nuclear reactor or even several, a demand equal to millions of American homes. Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 26 Feb. 2025 Roughly 91,000 metric tons of nuclear waste from commercial power plants are currently in private storage, both at or away from nuclear reactor sites, according to the U.S. government. Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 4 Mar. 2025 Both sides have disregarded ecological concerns with Russians attacking the ruins of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor and the Ukrainians destroying the Nord Stream pipeline. Saleem H. Ali, Forbes, 1 Mar. 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 28 Mar. 2025.

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