Examples of nuclear reactor in a Sentence
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The head of Russia’s space agency Roscosmos, Yuri Borisov, said last week that Russia and China are working on a project to install a nuclear reactor on the moon, according to TASS.
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Radina Gigova, CNN, 14 Mar. 2024
Smith happened to be in Edmonton, Alberta, to announce a deal between the provinces to construct a small modular nuclear reactor.
—Andrew Follett, National Review, 21 Jan. 2024
For comparison, the last large nuclear reactor to be built in the US finally came on line this summer roughly $17 billion over budget after seven years of delays.
—Justine Calma, The Verge, 26 Sep. 2023
New nuclear reactor projects, by country United States Russia China Rest of the world
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Chernobyl
Chernobyl
Fukushima
Fukushima
Note: Not all projects started are completed, and many take over 10 years to complete.
—Angela Dewan, CNN, 1 Feb. 2024
In late July, Unit 3 made history when it was placed into commercial service, becoming the first new nuclear reactor built from scratch in the U.S. in more than 30 years.
—Drew Kann, ajc, 30 Aug. 2023
The Argonne National Laboratory’s nuclear reactor genealogical tree, with each apple representing a different reactor design developed by the lab since World War II.
—Brad Plumer, New York Times, 12 Nov. 2023
For the first time in more than 50 years the US granted permission for a new type of nuclear reactor, a sign regulators are becoming more open to different approaches to producing power from splitting the atom.
—Will Wade, Fortune, 13 Dec. 2023
Courtesy of Department of Energy/NuScale Power The plan for the first small-scale US nuclear reactor was exciting, ambitious, and unusual from the get-go.
—WIRED, 9 Nov. 2023
Radina Gigova, CNN, 14 Mar. 2024
Smith happened to be in Edmonton, Alberta, to announce a deal between the provinces to construct a small modular nuclear reactor.
—Andrew Follett, National Review, 21 Jan. 2024
For comparison, the last large nuclear reactor to be built in the US finally came on line this summer roughly $17 billion over budget after seven years of delays.
—Justine Calma, The Verge, 26 Sep. 2023
New nuclear reactor projects, by country United States Russia China Rest of the world
1960197019801990200020102020
Chernobyl
Chernobyl
Fukushima
Fukushima
Note: Not all projects started are completed, and many take over 10 years to complete.
—Angela Dewan, CNN, 1 Feb. 2024
In late July, Unit 3 made history when it was placed into commercial service, becoming the first new nuclear reactor built from scratch in the U.S. in more than 30 years.
—Drew Kann, ajc, 30 Aug. 2023
The Argonne National Laboratory’s nuclear reactor genealogical tree, with each apple representing a different reactor design developed by the lab since World War II.
—Brad Plumer, New York Times, 12 Nov. 2023
For the first time in more than 50 years the US granted permission for a new type of nuclear reactor, a sign regulators are becoming more open to different approaches to producing power from splitting the atom.
—Will Wade, Fortune, 13 Dec. 2023
Courtesy of Department of Energy/NuScale Power The plan for the first small-scale US nuclear reactor was exciting, ambitious, and unusual from the get-go.
—WIRED, 9 Nov. 2023
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