Reactor
noun
A device used to create a reaction, often industrial or chemical.
The nuclear reactor at the power plant is under strict safety regulations.
Often appears as...
- nuclear reactor
- chemical reactor
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Technical
noun
In a nuclear power plant, it's a place where nuclear reactions happen.
Chernobyl Reactor No. 4 was the site of the worst nuclear disaster in history.
Often appears as...
- nuclear reactor
- reactor meltdown
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Academic
noun
In technology, a part in a system that reacts to changes or events.
The software includes a reactor that responds to changes in data flow.
Often appears as...
- event reactor
- network reactor
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Technical
noun
A device used to create a reaction, often industrial or chemical.
The nuclear reactor at the power plant is under strict safety regulations.
Often appears as...
- nuclear reactor
- chemical reactor
Usage tips
Technical
noun
In a nuclear power plant, it's a place where nuclear reactions happen.
Chernobyl Reactor No. 4 was the site of the worst nuclear disaster in history.
Often appears as...
- nuclear reactor
- reactor meltdown
Usage tips
Academic
noun
In technology, a part in a system that reacts to changes or events.
The software includes a reactor that responds to changes in data flow.
Often appears as...
- event reactor
- network reactor
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Industrial Use
Used in contexts like factories or power plants to describe large-scale reaction equipment.
The chemical reactor processes raw materials into pharmaceutical drugs.
Pro Tip 2/3Safety Critical
Reactors often involve dangerous materials, making safety a frequent discussion topic.
The reactor's safety protocols prevent environmental contamination.
Pro Tip 3/3Technical Vocabulary
The word 'reactor' signifies a specialized vocabulary used in scientific or technical fields.
She's studying the efficiency of different bioreactor designs.
Pro Tip 1/3Industrial Use
Used in contexts like factories or power plants to describe large-scale reaction equipment.
The chemical reactor processes raw materials into pharmaceutical drugs.
Pro Tip 2/3Safety Critical
Reactors often involve dangerous materials, making safety a frequent discussion topic.
The reactor's safety protocols prevent environmental contamination.
Pro Tip 3/3Technical Vocabulary
The word 'reactor' signifies a specialized vocabulary used in scientific or technical fields.
She's studying the efficiency of different bioreactor designs.
Pro Tip 1/3Industrial Use
Used in contexts like factories or power plants to describe large-scale reaction equipment.
The chemical reactor processes raw materials into pharmaceutical drugs.
Pro Tip 2/3Safety Critical
Reactors often involve dangerous materials, making safety a frequent discussion topic.
The reactor's safety protocols prevent environmental contamination.
Pro Tip 3/3Technical Vocabulary
The word 'reactor' signifies a specialized vocabulary used in scientific or technical fields.
She's studying the efficiency of different bioreactor designs.
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Innovating to zero! PIPE...
So to understand it right, this involves building deep into the ground, almost like a vertical column of nuclear fuel, of this spent uranium, and then the process starts at the top and kind of works down? That's right. Today, you're always refueling the reactor, so you have lots of people and lots of controls that can go wrong,
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How fear of nuclear...
But what I found was somewhat different. The presentations were all very exciting and very promising; they have multiple reactors that they're working on. The time came for the thorium reactor, and a bunch of us were excited. They went through the whole presentation, they got to the timeline, and they said,
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The Northern Lights...
nuclear fusion reactor he'd put a million earths inside it now the surface temperature is only around six thousand degrees Celsius but the sun's atmosphere long as it Corona is at a million degrees and that means it's in the form of what's known as a plasma soup of electrically charged particles now some
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Solar System Exploration:...
know from our explorations here of life on Earth that everywhere there's water there's life you know deep underground 2 kilometers underground and are in the deepest minds deep in hydrothermal vents at the ocean floor inside volcanoes in nuclear reactors wherever there is water
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How do nuclear power...
to scatter and slow down neutrons just enough to increase their capture by uranium and raise the rate of fission. Modern reactors commonly use purified water as a moderator, but the scattered neutrons are still a little too fast. To compensate and keep up the chain reaction,
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Thoughts on humanity,...
I think both of us were going through our midlife crisis, and humanity, like me, was becoming an overexposed prima donna. I started to sell everything, from hair oil to diesel generators. Humanity was buying everything from crude oil to nuclear reactors.
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A Submariner's Life PIPE...
feed the crew for that long we don't need any fuel we produce our own fuel with the nuclear reactor to make our own oxygen we clean our own air a submerged submarine is in a constant life-and-death struggle with the sea
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Taylor Wilson: My...
or is there something left to innovate here? And I realized that I had hit upon something that I think has this huge potential to change the world. And this is what it is. This is a small modular reactor.
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Debate: Does the world...
Thorium reactor that Nathan Myhrvold's involved in. The governments of the world are going to have to decide that coals need to be made expensive, and these will go ahead. And here's the future.
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How DARPA is creating...
deep web and the dark web to find human traffickers these are the kinds of robots that could one day navigate through a damaged nuclear reactor and prevent a meltdown this is a vehicle
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Innovating to zero! PIPE...
So to understand it right, this involves building deep into the ground, almost like a vertical column of nuclear fuel, of this spent uranium, and then the process starts at the top and kind of works down? That's right. Today, you're always refueling the reactor, so you have lots of people and lots of controls that can go wrong,
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How fear of nuclear...
But what I found was somewhat different. The presentations were all very exciting and very promising; they have multiple reactors that they're working on. The time came for the thorium reactor, and a bunch of us were excited. They went through the whole presentation, they got to the timeline, and they said,
Video examples
The Northern Lights...
nuclear fusion reactor he'd put a million earths inside it now the surface temperature is only around six thousand degrees Celsius but the sun's atmosphere long as it Corona is at a million degrees and that means it's in the form of what's known as a plasma soup of electrically charged particles now some
Video examples
Solar System Exploration:...
know from our explorations here of life on Earth that everywhere there's water there's life you know deep underground 2 kilometers underground and are in the deepest minds deep in hydrothermal vents at the ocean floor inside volcanoes in nuclear reactors wherever there is water
Video examples
How do nuclear power...
to scatter and slow down neutrons just enough to increase their capture by uranium and raise the rate of fission. Modern reactors commonly use purified water as a moderator, but the scattered neutrons are still a little too fast. To compensate and keep up the chain reaction,
Video examples
Thoughts on humanity,...
I think both of us were going through our midlife crisis, and humanity, like me, was becoming an overexposed prima donna. I started to sell everything, from hair oil to diesel generators. Humanity was buying everything from crude oil to nuclear reactors.
Video examples
A Submariner's Life PIPE...
feed the crew for that long we don't need any fuel we produce our own fuel with the nuclear reactor to make our own oxygen we clean our own air a submerged submarine is in a constant life-and-death struggle with the sea
Video examples
Taylor Wilson: My...
or is there something left to innovate here? And I realized that I had hit upon something that I think has this huge potential to change the world. And this is what it is. This is a small modular reactor.
Video examples
Debate: Does the world...
Thorium reactor that Nathan Myhrvold's involved in. The governments of the world are going to have to decide that coals need to be made expensive, and these will go ahead. And here's the future.
Video examples
How DARPA is creating...
deep web and the dark web to find human traffickers these are the kinds of robots that could one day navigate through a damaged nuclear reactor and prevent a meltdown this is a vehicle
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Jill Tarter
American Scientist
Life has evolved to thrive in environments that are extreme only by our limited human standards: in the boiling battery acid of Yellowstone hot springs, in the cracks of permanent ice sheets, in the cooling waters of nuclear reactors, miles beneath the Earth's crust, in pure salt crystals, and inside the rocks of the dry valleys of Antarctica.
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Nathan Myhrvold
American Businessman
Our reactor actually burns nuclear waste as fuel. So not only is it safe and powerful, it solves an important issue: It actually reduces nuclear waste instead of creating. It's the reactor of your dreams.
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Wilson Greatbatch
Inventor
Our present nuclear fusion reactors are classified by the methods used to support the nuclear fusion reaction, which takes place at a temperature much hotter than the surface of the Sun.
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Henry Mancini
American Composer
I find I work best as a reactor, trying to portray something on a screen musically. If I were a boxer, I'd be a counter-puncher.
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George Karl
American Coach
I want to be the team that creates the action more than be the reactor.
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Ariel Sharon
Israeli Leader
We have evidence that Iran makes a reactor to possess nuclear weapons.
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Leslie Dewan
American Businesswoman
A nuclear power reactor is just a fancy way of boiling water.
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Ron Ziegler
American Politician
I'm going to build a reactor, that's for sure.
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Jimmy Buffett
American Singer
I'm a big follower and reactor to weather.
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Robert Gottlieb
American Writer
Like all editors, I assume, I'm a reactor.
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Jill Tarter
American Scientist
Life has evolved to thrive in environments that are extreme only by our limited human standards: in the boiling battery acid of Yellowstone hot springs, in the cracks of permanent ice sheets, in the cooling waters of nuclear reactors, miles beneath the Earth's crust, in pure salt crystals, and inside the rocks of the dry valleys of Antarctica.
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Nathan Myhrvold
American Businessman
Our reactor actually burns nuclear waste as fuel. So not only is it safe and powerful, it solves an important issue: It actually reduces nuclear waste instead of creating. It's the reactor of your dreams.
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Wilson Greatbatch
Inventor
Our present nuclear fusion reactors are classified by the methods used to support the nuclear fusion reaction, which takes place at a temperature much hotter than the surface of the Sun.
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Henry Mancini
American Composer
I find I work best as a reactor, trying to portray something on a screen musically. If I were a boxer, I'd be a counter-puncher.
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George Karl
American Coach
I want to be the team that creates the action more than be the reactor.
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Ariel Sharon
Israeli Leader
We have evidence that Iran makes a reactor to possess nuclear weapons.
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Leslie Dewan
American Businesswoman
A nuclear power reactor is just a fancy way of boiling water.
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Ron Ziegler
American Politician
I'm going to build a reactor, that's for sure.
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Jimmy Buffett
American Singer
I'm a big follower and reactor to weather.
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Robert Gottlieb
American Writer
Like all editors, I assume, I'm a reactor.
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