nuclear reactor

noun

physics
: a large device that produces nuclear energy

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Constellation's Clinton Clean Energy Center single nuclear reactor power plant is shown on July 25, 2025 in Clinton, Illinois. CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026 The power generated by a commercial nuclear facility comes via the process of fission that splits uranium atoms within the core of a nuclear reactor. Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Dec. 2025 The nuclear reactor isn’t like an internal combustion engine. Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 29 Dec. 2025 And that’s just one component in a smorgasbord of nuclear reactor experimentation in China. IEEE Spectrum, 29 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for nuclear reactor

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“Nuclear reactor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nuclear%20reactor. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.

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