nuclear reactor

noun

physics
: a large device that produces nuclear energy

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So far, the office has used that authority to back efforts to restart a shuttered nuclear reactor in Michigan and to help California’s largest utility upgrade its electric grid. Brad Plumer, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025 The Enron Egg is marketed as a fictional at-home nuclear reactor, playing on the infamous history of the Enron Corporation. Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2025 The agency awarded the contract to Constellation, which operates the nation’s largest nuclear fleet, and recently announced an agreement with Microsoft to restart a nuclear reactor at Three Mile Island. Justine Calma, The Verge, 2 Jan. 2025 Another duty involved descending for a dangerous 90 seconds inside of a Canadian nuclear reactor that had melted down. Jonathan Alter, TIME, 29 Dec. 2024 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 22 Jan. 2025.

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