Definition of Reactor scram

1. Noun. An automatic safety feature of nuclear reactors where the control rods are automatically dropped into the reactor core when any of several emergency conditions are reached. ¹

2. Noun. The process of dropping the control rods into the reactor core. ¹

3. Noun. The procedure technicians follow in the hours following the instantaneous event of the rods dropping. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Reactor Scram

reactive hyperaemia
reactive inhibition
reactive intermediate
reactive mind
reactive oxygen species
reactive perforating collagenosis
reactive power
reactive powers
reactive schizophrenia
reactively
reactiveness
reactivenesses
reactivities
reactivity
reactor
reactor scram (current term)
reactor scrams
reactors
reacts
read
read-eval-print loop
read-eval-print loops
read-only
read-only access
read-only file
read-only memory
read-only memory chip
read-only storage
read-out
read-through

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