reactor
noun
re·ac·tor
rē-ˈak-tər 
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While the highly specialized cells inside our eyes don’t feel any pain, the rods and cones and photochemical reactors become inflamed and damaged when looking at the sun, said Ronald Benner, an optometrist and president of the American Optometric Association.
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Ashley Strickland, CNN, 9 Apr. 2024
This film takes Godzilla back to his nuclear origins, raising the stakes with a subplot where his heart, which functions like a reactor, threatens to overheat and cause a nuclear meltdown.
—Katie Rife, EW.com, 28 Mar. 2024
The Vogtle Unit 3 reactor in Georgia finally started operating last year, no less than $17 billion over budget after seven years of delays.
—Justine Calma, The Verge, 22 Mar. 2024
The infamous Chernobyl disaster of 1968 involved a catastrophic meltdown of the reactor once used to power the city of Pripyat.
—Max Bennett, Discover Magazine, 18 Mar. 2024
But a nonmilitary American satellite took a picture on April 29, 1986, showing that the reactor’s core had ruptured in a fiery breach that was spewing deadly radioactive debris into the atmosphere.
—William J. Broad, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2024
In theory, the small reactors should be safer and simpler to operate than conventional nuclear reactors.
—IEEE Spectrum, 5 Feb. 2024
High temperature and high density plasmas, in which reactions can occur for long durations, are vital for the future of nuclear fusion reactors, said Si-Woo Yoon, director of the KSTAR Research Center at the Korean Institute of Fusion Energy (KFE), which achieved the new record.
—Laura Paddison, CNN, 1 Apr. 2024
Even if the reactors were magically replaced by the wind and solar power environmentalists favor, ...
—Andrew Follett, National Review, 10 Mar. 2024
Ashley Strickland, CNN, 9 Apr. 2024
This film takes Godzilla back to his nuclear origins, raising the stakes with a subplot where his heart, which functions like a reactor, threatens to overheat and cause a nuclear meltdown.
—Katie Rife, EW.com, 28 Mar. 2024
The Vogtle Unit 3 reactor in Georgia finally started operating last year, no less than $17 billion over budget after seven years of delays.
—Justine Calma, The Verge, 22 Mar. 2024
The infamous Chernobyl disaster of 1968 involved a catastrophic meltdown of the reactor once used to power the city of Pripyat.
—Max Bennett, Discover Magazine, 18 Mar. 2024
But a nonmilitary American satellite took a picture on April 29, 1986, showing that the reactor’s core had ruptured in a fiery breach that was spewing deadly radioactive debris into the atmosphere.
—William J. Broad, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2024
In theory, the small reactors should be safer and simpler to operate than conventional nuclear reactors.
—IEEE Spectrum, 5 Feb. 2024
High temperature and high density plasmas, in which reactions can occur for long durations, are vital for the future of nuclear fusion reactors, said Si-Woo Yoon, director of the KSTAR Research Center at the Korean Institute of Fusion Energy (KFE), which achieved the new record.
—Laura Paddison, CNN, 1 Apr. 2024
Even if the reactors were magically replaced by the wind and solar power environmentalists favor, ...
—Andrew Follett, National Review, 10 Mar. 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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