- Look up
reactor in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Reactor may
refer to: Bioreactor, a
device which controls a
biologically active environment. Chemical...
- A
nuclear reactor is a
device used to
initiate and
control a
fission nuclear chain reaction or
nuclear fusion reactions.
Nuclear reactors are used at...
- A
breeder reactor is a
nuclear reactor that
generates more
fissile material than it consumes.
These reactors can be
fueled with more-commonly available...
- Air
Force on 7 June 1981,
which destro**** an
unfinished Iraqi nuclear reactor located 17
kilometres (11 miles)
southeast of Baghdad, Iraq. The Israeli...
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Chernobyl disaster began on 26
April 1986 with the
explosion of the No. 4
reactor of the
Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, near the city of
Pripyat in the north...
- A
boiling water reactor (BWR) is a type of
light water nuclear reactor used for the
generation of
electrical power. It is the
second most
common type of...
- A molten-salt
reactor (MSR) is a
class of
nuclear fission reactor in
which the
primary nuclear reactor coolant and/or the fuel is a
mixture of
molten salt...
- A
pressurized water reactor (PWR) is a type of light-water
nuclear reactor. PWRs
constitute the
large majority of the world's
nuclear power plants (with...
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Small modular reactors (SMRs) are a
class of
small nuclear fission reactors,
designed to be
built in a factory,
shipped to
operational sites for installation...
-
program is made up of a
number of
nuclear facilities,
including nuclear reactors and
various nuclear fuel
cycle facilities. Anarak, near Yazd, has a nuclear...
