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1967: To help its ally, the U.S. gives an atomic reactor to Iran and trains some of its first nuclear scientists.
1973: Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries begin an oil embargo.
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New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
There are also some off-beat nuclear efforts like a cargo ship and the Ford Nucleon, meant to be powered by a small atomic reactor.
—Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
He was charged with designing and building a new atomic reactor to test military equipment during operational conditions.
—Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 3 Apr. 2024
Right next to it was an experimental atomic reactor.
—Werner Herzog, The New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2023
Already, Convair is testing an atomic reactor in a big straight-wing B-36, though not for propulsion purposes.
—Thomas E. Stimson, Popular Mechanics, 15 July 2021
In 2008, North Korea destroyed the most visible symbol of its nuclear weapons program, the cooling tower at its main atomic reactor at Yongbyon.
—BostonGlobe.com, 27 June 2018
Uranium hexafluoride gas is spun by centrifuges to make enriched uranium that can be used in nuclear weapons and atomic reactor fuel.
—Washington Post, 6 June 2018
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New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
There are also some off-beat nuclear efforts like a cargo ship and the Ford Nucleon, meant to be powered by a small atomic reactor.
—Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
He was charged with designing and building a new atomic reactor to test military equipment during operational conditions.
—Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 3 Apr. 2024
Right next to it was an experimental atomic reactor.
—Werner Herzog, The New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2023
Already, Convair is testing an atomic reactor in a big straight-wing B-36, though not for propulsion purposes.
—Thomas E. Stimson, Popular Mechanics, 15 July 2021
In 2008, North Korea destroyed the most visible symbol of its nuclear weapons program, the cooling tower at its main atomic reactor at Yongbyon.
—BostonGlobe.com, 27 June 2018
Uranium hexafluoride gas is spun by centrifuges to make enriched uranium that can be used in nuclear weapons and atomic reactor fuel.
—Washington Post, 6 June 2018
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