A nuclear reactor is a machine which is used to produce nuclear energy or the place where this machine and otherrelated machinery and equipment is kept.
They shut down the nuclear reactor for safety reasons.
nuclear reactor in British English
noun
a device in which a nuclear reaction is maintained and controlled for the production of nuclear energy
Sometimes shortened to: reactor. Former name: atomic pile. See also fission reactor, fusion reactor
nuclear reactor in American English
a device for initiating and maintaining a controlled nuclear chain reaction in a fissile fuel for the production of energy or additional fissile material
nuclear reactor in Mechanical Engineering
(nukliər riæktər)
Word forms: (regular plural) nuclear reactors
noun
(Mechanical engineering: Energy, thermodynamics and heat transfer)
A nuclear reactor is a container in which nuclear fission or nuclear fusion happens in order to produce energy.
Nuclear reactors have systems to close down nuclear fission if unsafe conditions are detected.
Fuel rods containing uranium are placed next to each other in a vessel called a nuclear reactor.
A nuclear reactor is a container in which nuclear fission or nuclear fusion happens in order to produceenergy.
Examples of 'nuclear reactor' in a sentence
nuclear reactor
The nuclear reactor that powers the boat is in sleep mode.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
In theory it would be possible to power planes using nuclear reactors.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
He is also immersed in a project to produce small nuclear reactors.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The back section is fitted with the nuclear reactor, which powers the submarine.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The nuclear reactor programme led to the disaster at Chernobyl.
Redwood, John The Global Marketplace (1993)
Basic equipment and supplies could be sent on ahead, including a nuclear reactor as a power source.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Senior officers insisted there had been no security threat because the sub's nuclear reactor was shut down.
The Sun (2006)
FOUR nuclear reactors are being shut down over safety fears after a defect was found.
The Sun (2014)
No. Nuclear reactors cannot produce these.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
He also admits that colonists would need a'small' nuclear reactor to provide energy.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
It should be 1,000ft long, and powered by a nuclear reactor.
The Sun (2012)
It just quietly gets on with building world-class aircraft engines, nuclear reactors and power plants for ships.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
In other languages
nuclear reactor
British English: nuclear reactor NOUN
A nuclear reactor is a machine which is used to produce nuclear energy.
The nuclear reactor was not damaged in the lightning storm that struck late last night.