REACTOR in a Sentence

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1. Its radar equipment was powered by a nuclear reactor.
2. They shut down the nuclear reactor for safety reasons.
3. An ageing nuclear reactor is an accident waiting to happen.
4. Emergency cooling systems could fail and a reactor meltdown could occur.
5. Cases of leukaemia in the area near the nuclear reactor have risen by a factor of four.

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 Meanings and Examples of REACTOR
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reactor
 n.  (physics) any of several kinds of apparatus that maintain and control a nuclear reaction for the production of energy or artificial elements
 n.  an electrical device used to introduce reactance into a circuit
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1  Cases of leukaemia in the area near the nuclear reactor have risen by a factor of four.
2  Emergency cooling systems could fail and a reactor meltdown could occur.
3  They shut down the nuclear reactor for safety reasons.
4  An ageing nuclear reactor is an accident waiting to happen.
5  Its radar equipment was powered by a nuclear reactor.
6  In a fast neutron reactor, this process is optimized so that it can breed fuel, often using a depleted uranium blanket around the core.
7  A steam rupture occurs within a nuclear power plant when the temperature of the nuclear reactor reaches a certain level too quickly.
8  From where I stood I could see a huge beam of projected light flooding up into infinity from the reactor.
9  Although superficially similar to the Japanese nuclear reactor accident in March that started with flooding, the situation at the Fort Calhoun plant appears far more secure.