reactor
Example Sentences
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Nuclear reactors are expensive and have extended build times.
From Barron's
But, despite extensions to the plant's life, the second reactor was shut down in 2012.
From BBC
These reactors—being built by Westinghouse, Babcock & Wilcox and others—are awaiting certification by various regulators for use in commercial shipping, among other industries.
But in practice, the plasma in a commercial reactor would need to multiply energy between 20 and 60 times, a threshold no system has approached.
TOKYO—On a sandy coastline 180 miles from Tokyo, a giant nuclear reactor will soon come back to life after more than a decade offline.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
