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reactor

[ree-ak-ter] / riˈæk tər /
NOUN
electrical device
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Nagarajan, with colleagues and a PhD student, have put together a machine with a reactor that uses bubbles to get rid of the algae.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

The second category originated during the extreme temperatures reached inside the reactor.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

The type of reactor is not new, but its use like this is.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

He can see the nonfueled reactor, which is just a few feet wide and looks something like a rocket, from his headquarters.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

And since it had only recently been removed from the reactor, the fuel was hotter, too.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

Ultimately, four companies’ reactors met those expectations by the deadline.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

Beyond small floating reactors, government officials are crafting a regulatory landscape for a commercial nuclear fleet to bring goods across oceans.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

With space for 6,500 tonnes of uranium, Onkalo will provide permanent storage for spent fuel from Finland's five nuclear reactors.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

Amazon would help fund development of a proposed Indiana nuclear plant using X-Energy reactors and intends to buy its electricity.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

Soon after taking office as AEC chairman in 1953, Strauss expanded Project Sherwood, an Atoms for Peace program aimed at developing electric power reactors based on nuclear fusion.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik


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