reactor
noun
re·ac·tor
rē-ˈak-tər 
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Microsoft and Constellation plan to restart Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania; Amazon took a stake in advanced reactor company X-energy; Google linked up with Kairos Power.
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Daniel Moore, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
Small modular reactors promise to reduce capital costs and speed the deployment of nuclear plants.
—Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 1 Nov. 2024
Currently, there are only three operational SMRs in the world, with two in China and Russia, while the third, a test reactor, is in Japan.
—Ariel Cohen, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
What Happened to the Reactor The reactor is one of the three at the Onagawa plant, north of the Fukushima Daiichi plant where three reactors melted following a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami in March 2011, releasing large amounts of radiation.
—Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024
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Daniel Moore, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
Small modular reactors promise to reduce capital costs and speed the deployment of nuclear plants.
—Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 1 Nov. 2024
Currently, there are only three operational SMRs in the world, with two in China and Russia, while the third, a test reactor, is in Japan.
—Ariel Cohen, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
What Happened to the Reactor The reactor is one of the three at the Onagawa plant, north of the Fukushima Daiichi plant where three reactors melted following a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami in March 2011, releasing large amounts of radiation.
—Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024
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“Reactor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reactor. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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reactor
noun
re·ac·tor
rē-ˈak-tər
1
: one that reacts
2
: a device for the controlled release of nuclear energy (as for producing heat)
Medical Definition
reactor
noun
re·ac·tor
rē-ˈak-tər
1
2
a
: a piece of equipment in which a chemical reaction and especially an industrial chemical reaction is carried out
b
: a device for the controlled release of nuclear energy (as for producing heat)
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