Nuclear reactors

re·ac·tor (r

1. One that reacts to a stimulus.

2. Electronics A circuit element, such as a coil, used to introduce reactance.

3. Physics A nuclear reactor.

reactor [rɪˈæktə]

1. (Chemistry) Chem a substance, such as a reagent, that undergoes a reaction

2. (Physics / Nuclear Physics) short for nuclear reactor

3. (Chemistry) a vessel, esp one in industrial use, in which a chemical reaction takes place

4. (Electronics) a coil of low resistance and high inductance that introduces reactance into a circuit

5. (Medicine) Med a person sensitive to a particular drug or agent

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Noun	1.	reactor - an electrical device used to introduce reactance into a circuit coil - reactor consisting of a spiral of insulated wire that introduces inductance into a circuit electrical device - a device that produces or is powered by electricity
	2.	reactor - (physics) any of several kinds of apparatus that maintain and control a nuclear reaction for the production of energy or artificial elements nuclear reactor apparatus, setup - equipment designed to serve a specific function atomic pile, atomic reactor, chain reactor, pile - a nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy breeder reactor - a nuclear reactor that produces more fissile material than it burns control rod - a steel or aluminum rod that can be moved up or down to control the rate of the nuclear reaction core - the chamber of a nuclear reactor containing the fissile material where the reaction takes place fast reactor - nuclear reactor in which nuclear fissions are caused by fast neutrons because little or no moderator is used gas-cooled reactor - a nuclear reactor using gas as a coolant liquid metal reactor - a nuclear reactor using liquid metal as a coolant thermal reactor - a nuclear reactor in which nuclear fissions are caused by neutrons that are slowed down by a moderator fusion reactor, thermonuclear reactor - a nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fusion to generate energy water-cooled reactor - nuclear reactor using water as a coolant natural philosophy, physics - the science of matter and energy and their interactions; "his favorite subject was physics" moderator - any substance used to slow down neutrons in nuclear reactors

Translations

reactor [riːˈæktəʳ] N → reactor m
nuclear reactor → reactor m nuclear

reactor [riˈæktə^r] n → réacteur m
a nuclear reactor → un réacteur nucléaire

reactor

n (Phys) → Reaktor m; (Chem also) → Reaktionsapparat m; (Elec) → Blindwiderstand m

reactor:

reactor block

n → Reaktorblock m

reactor core

n → Reaktorkern m

reactor safety

n → Reaktorsicherheit f

reactor [riːˈæktəʳ] n → reattore m

reactor → مُفَاعِل reaktor reaktor Reaktor αντιδραστήρας reactor reaktori réacteur reaktor reattore 原子炉 원자로 kernreactor reaktor reaktor reactor, reator реактор reaktor เครื่องปฏิกรณ์นิวเคลียร์ reaktör lò phản ứng 反应堆

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atomic pile
atomic reactor
boiling water reactor
boiling-water reactor
breeder
breeder reactor
BWR
chain reactor
control rod
converter reactor
CORE
fast reactor
fast-breeder reactor
fusion reactor
gas-cooled reactor
liquid metal reactor
magnox reactor
meltdown
nuclear reactor

He also called on these countries, which he did not name, to return these frozen Iranian assets and to implement the technical agreements related to building nuclear reactors.

Ahmadinejad welcomes fuel exchange, cooperation with West by Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)

The likely cost of electricity for a new generation of nuclear reactors would be 12 to 20 cents per kilowatt hour, considerably more expensive than the average cost of increased use of energy efficiency and renewable energies at six cents per kWh, according to a study by Mark Cooper, a senior fellow for economic analysis at the Institute of Energy and the Environment at Vermont Law School, South Royalton.

Cost overruns for reactors in the offing by USA Today (Magazine)

Bulgaria could receive at least 300 million euro in further compensation for shutting down four nuclear reactors at its Kozloduy nuclear power plant, Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev has said.

Kozloduy cash-in by The Sofia Echo (Sofia, Bulgaria)

nuclear fusion

nuclear fusion reaction

nuclear incident

nuclear intelligence

nuclear isomer

nuclear logistic movement

nuclear magnetic resonance

nuclear magnetic resonance scanner

nuclear magneton

nuclear medicine

nuclear meltdown