nuclear reactor

noun

physics
: a large device that produces nuclear energy

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Units 5 and 6 at the Lufeng plant will utilize the Hualong One nuclear reactor design. Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 17 Apr. 2026 Imagine that an entire nuclear reactor were shutting down for good in northern Illinois. The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026 Officials at Denver airport are looking into adding a nuclear reactor to its campus. Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Apr. 2026 An echo of these matches lies in Human Mask (2014), a haunting video work by Pierre Huyghe, set in Fukushima after the destruction wrought by the tsunami and then the breakdown of the nuclear reactor. Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, ARTnews.com, 6 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for nuclear reactor

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