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reactor Definition

re·ac·tor (-tər)

noun

  1. a person or thing that reacts or undergoes a reaction
  2. nuclear reactor
  3. Elec. a device, as a coil or capacitor, inserted in a circuit to introduce reactance
  4. Med. a person or animal having a positive reaction to a particular foreign substance

reactor Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • gas-cool: Experimental studies on the deposition to crops of radioactive gases released from gas-cooled reactors.
  • pressurize: The tablets along with information booklets are being issued in advance of the planned restart of the pressurized water reactor at Vulcan.
  • pressurize: The Company provided the world's first pressurized water reactor in 1957.
  • decommission: The Italian government has 235 tons of spent fuel from the country's long decommissioned reactors in deteriorating stores.
  • stir: Production is now normally carried out by submerged culture in stirred tank reactors.
  • shut: The French fast reactor program has also run into severe problems, with both test reactors shut for lengthy periods.

Adjective modifier

  • graphite-moderated: New construction of graphite-moderated reactors and related facilities in the DPRK would be a violation of the Framework.
  • fast: The power density at the core of a fast breeder reactor is more than four times higher than that in a thermal reactor.
  • catalytic: These catalytic fixed bed reactors are operated by periodically inverting the flow direction.
  • civilian: The world must create a safe orderly system to fuel civilian nuclear reactors without adding to the danger of nuclear proliferation.

Modifies a noun

  • coolant: American companies were offering reactors that used ordinary water under pressure as the reactor coolant.
  • compartment: The entire process takes place inside a heavy shielded reactor compartment that completely protects the crew from radiation.
  • fuel: Of particular concern will be the 30 tons of fast reactor fuel which will have to be taken out of the core.

Noun used with modifier

  • light-water: PRESIDENT BUSH: The issue really is the light-water reactor.
  • breeder: The power density at the core of a fast breeder reactor is more than four times higher than that in a thermal reactor.
  • fission: Be able to explain how a nuclear fission reactor works.
  • fusion: A fusion reactor is like a gas burner - the fuel which is injected into the system is burnt off.
  • plutonium: The first British plutonium reactor went critical in October 1950.
  • TB: If TB reactors are found on a breeding farm, any cattle that have moved for finishing are traced and tested.