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

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1. nuclear reactornoun

   Synonyms:
   atomic pile

2. 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.

   Synonyms:
   atomic pile

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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

   Synonyms:
   reactor

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1. 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.

2. Ed Davey:

   There is a clear need for the generation of electricity by the nuclear reactor design to which the decision relates, because of the contribution its deployment can make to the new nuclear programme.

3. 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.

4. Sebastien Berg:

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

5. 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.