Definition of Atomic reactor

1. Noun. A nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy.

Exact synonyms: Atomic Pile, Chain Reactor, Pile
Generic synonyms: Nuclear Reactor, Reactor

Lexicographical Neighbors of Atomic Reactor

atomic number 91
atomic number 92
atomic number 93
atomic number 94
atomic number 95
atomic number 96
atomic number 97
atomic number 98
atomic number 99
atomic numbers
atomic orbital
atomic physics
atomic pile
atomic piles
atomic power
atomic reactor (current term)
atomic spectrum
atomic theory
atomic time
atomic volume
atomic warhead
atomic weapon
atomic weapons
atomic wedgie
atomic weight
atomic weights
atomic winter
atomic winters
atomical
atomically

Literary usage of Atomic reactor

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Utilisation and Reliability of High Power Proton Accelerators: Workshop by NEA Nuclear Science Committee (2005)
"... fast reactor in the atomic reactor Research Institute (ARRI) in Dimitrovgrad. During the 1990s, this line was innovated and installed at NRI Rez and the ..."

2. Accounting for Pow/Mias from the Korean War and the Vietnam War: Hearing edited by Robert K. Dornan (1998)
"The Soviets also used the atomic reactor at the Institute for Nuclear Medicine in Moscow to radiate the GIS. Still further, the best and most relevant ..."

3. The New Detente: Rethinking East-West Relations by Mary Kaldor, Gerard Holden, Richard A. Falk (1989)
"The atomic reactor accident at Chernobyl revealed at once the numerous weaknesses of the traditional management system and its incompatibility with modern ..."

4. Handbook of Severe Disability: A Text for Rehabilitation Counselors, Other edited by Walter C. Stolov, Michael R. Clowers (2000)
"Radioactive isotopes are produced artificially in an atomic reactor and also release beta particles and gamma rays. Methods of delivery. ..."

5. Norway by Gerhard Lemmer, Elke Frey, Helga Rahe (2001)
"This river is full of fish and the stunted birch groves have an abundant crop of rough-stemmed boletus, which no one has picked since the atomic reactor ..."

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