nuclear reactor en · NOUN
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Any device in which a controlled chain reaction is maintained for the purpose of creating heat (for power generation) or for creating neutrons and other fission products for experimental, medical or other purposes.
Meronym: control rod
Some newspapers in the United States, in Japan, and in South Korea printed photographs of North Korean nuclear reactors and nuclear plants, photos that were said to have been taken by U.S. military satellites. Most of the exposures were from a nuclear research establishment at Ninghian Chun in Pingan Beidao, only 80 km from Pyongyang.
1993 August 9 [1993 April 8], Zhongqing Tian, “Change in Overall Situation on the Korean Peninsula”, in JPRS Report China, number 93-057, United States Joint Publications Research Service, →OCLC, page 7, column 2:Near-synonym: atomic pile (dated)
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gu અણુભઠ્ઠી (device) · eu erreaktore nuklear (device) · da atomreaktor (device) · is kjarnakljúfur (device) · tr nükleer reaktör (device) · ko 원자로 (device) · hi नाभिकीय भट्ठी (device) · el πυρηνικός αντιδραστήρας (device) · pl reaktor jądrowy (device) · sh nuklearni reaktor (device) · eo nuklea reaktoro (device) · ja 原子炉 (device) · cy adweithydd niwclear (device) · gl reactor nuclear (device) · tl reaktor nuklear (device) · nn atomreaktor (device) · eo nuklea reakciujo (device) · fi ydinreaktori (device) · cmn 原子爐 /原子炉 (device) · fa رآکتور هستهای (device) · sv kärnreaktor (device) · ca reactor nuclear (device) · nl kernreactor (device) · pt reator nuclear (device) · de Kernmeiler (device) · hy միջուկային ռեակտոր (device) · ar مُفَاعِل نَوَوِيّ (device) · cmn 核反應堆 /核反应堆 (device) · de Kernreaktor (device) · ka ბირთვული რეაქტორი (device) · lt branduolinis reaktorius (device) · fr réacteur nucléaire (device) · de Atomreaktor (device) · es reactor nuclear (device) · et tuumareaktor (device) · be ядзерны рэактар (device) · nb kjernereaktor (device) · is kjarnaofn (device) · hi परमाणु भट्ठी (device) · ta அணுக்கரு உலை (device) · fa واکنشگاه هستهای (device) · sk jadrový reaktor (device) · hu atomreaktor (device) · sh нуклеарни реактор (device) · nn kjernereaktor (device) · cs jaderný reaktor (device) · yue 核反應堆 /核反应堆 (device) · nb atomreaktor (device) · it reattore nucleare (device) · az nüvə reaktoru (device) · kk ядролық реактор, атомдық реактор (device) · uk я́дерний реа́ктор (device) · sl jedrski reaktor (device) · vi lò phản ứng hạt nhân (device) · ro reactor nuclear (device) · ms reaktor nuklear (device) · tl tambisaan (device) · lv kodolreaktors (device) · th เครื่องปฏิกรณ์นิวเคลียร์ (device) · ru я́дерный реа́ктор (device) · id reaktor nuklir (device) · de Atommeiler (device) · he כור גרעיני (device) · bg ядрен реактор (device)