nuclear reactor

Definitions

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.

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Examples

“Meronym: control⟳ rod”

“Near-synonym: atomic pile (dated)”

“Some newspapers in the United States, in Japan, and in South Korea printed photographs of North Korean nuclear reactors and nuclear plants, photos that were said to have⟳ been taken by U.S. military satellites. Most of the exposures were from a nuclear research⟳ establishment at Ninghian Chun in Pingan Beidao, only 80 km from Pyongyang.”

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