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nuclear reactor

[noo-klee-er ree-ak-ter, nyoo-] / ˈnu kli ər riˈæk tər, ˈnju- /


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Kofi Asante wants to float a nuclear reactor on a barge off the Port of Long Beach—and government officials are actively trying to help make it happen.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

By examining surviving uranium cubes and previously documented historical evidence, researchers have uncovered major limitations in Germany's final experimental nuclear reactor.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

The companies said the supply covered by this agreement is equivalent to what would be produced by a new nuclear reactor.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026

In 2008, less than a year after the strike, US officials accused Syria of having sought to build a secret nuclear reactor and acknowledged that Israel had destroyed it in the raid.

From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026

At Chernobyl, the nuclear reactor actually exploded, spewing material from the reactor’s core straight into the atmosphere.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland


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