How to Use nuclear reactor in a Sentence

nuclear reactor

noun
  • This need is where the idea of a small nuclear reactor comes into play.
    — Kelsey D. Atherton, Popular Science, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Even on land, refuelling a nuclear reactor can take a few weeks.
    — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 29 Dec. 2025
  • The words are chiseled in his psyche, fuel rods in a nuclear reactor.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Nov. 2022
  • So, a nuclear reactor is like a giant whistling kettle.
    — Big Think, 14 Aug. 2025
  • There's no reason to think this new nuclear reactor would be different.
    — Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 18 June 2026
  • Duffy was quick to point out that putting a nuclear reactor on the moon doesn't mean launching an active reactor atop a rocket.
    — Brett Tingley, Space.com, 6 Aug. 2025
  • The small nuclear reactor will be built at the site of the existing Temelín nuclear plant.
    — ABC News, 24 Apr. 2026
  • If achieved, this power output is roughly equivalent to that of one nuclear reactor.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 27 Apr. 2026
  • There is a nuclear reactor that supplies quite a bit of electricity to – to the country of Ukraine.
    — CBS News, 16 Mar. 2025
  • Let’s say a nuclear reactor does overheat and creates the first-ever nuclear meltdown on the moon.
    — Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 19 May 2026
  • There are several new nuclear reactor projects coming up in the US.
    — Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 5 Aug. 2025
  • What happens if an asteroid hits the moon or directly hits the lunar nuclear reactor?
    — Emily Waltz, IEEE Spectrum, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Prior to this year, only one new nuclear reactor come had online since 1996.
    — Robert Rapier, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Researchers have made a Wi-Fi receiver that’s tough enough to work inside a nuclear reactor.
    — Katherine Bourzac, IEEE Spectrum, 2 Apr. 2026
  • How -- how should people understand what is happening now with the nuclear reactor in Ukraine?
    — CBS News, 11 Sep. 2022
  • Imagine that an entire nuclear reactor were shutting down for good in northern Illinois.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
  • It is powered by a nuclear reactor plant designed to last the entire service life of the vessel, without the need for refueling.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 27 Apr. 2026
  • The first humans to Mars might someday ride a rocket propelled by a nuclear reactor to their destination.
    — Julian Dossett, Space.com, 9 Feb. 2025
  • Moscow announced that the missile has recently completed a long flight powered by a small nuclear reactor.
    — Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 27 Oct. 2025
  • The colliding particles would absorb the shock waves that would otherwise reach the nuclear reactor.
    — Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 5 Aug. 2025
  • With that, Pakistan loses its nuclear reactor.
    — Time, 13 Aug. 2025
  • The ninth reactor, the historic B Reactor, was the world’s first full-scale nuclear reactor.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Wall Street analysts have previously compared that amount to about the output of a nuclear reactor.
    — Jc Reindl, Freep.com, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Their engineers tried to eject the satellite’s active nuclear reactor into space before the vehicle crashed back to Earth, but to no avail.
    — Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 19 May 2026
  • Dimona, where the second missile hit, is perilously close to Israel’s main nuclear reactor and research site.
    — Matt Bradley, NBC news, 22 Mar. 2026
  • Instead of causing the gas to heat and expand by burning it in a combustion chamber, the gas was heated by coming into contact with a nuclear reactor.
    — Jacek Krywko, Ars Technica, 22 July 2024
  • Units 5 and 6 at the Lufeng plant will utilize the Hualong One nuclear reactor design.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 17 Apr. 2026
  • These are the highest barriers to entry for nuclear reactor construction.
    — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 10 Feb. 2026
  • When the nuclear reactor core becomes accessible, the fuel is replaced.
    — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 29 Dec. 2025
  • Despite the hurdles that must be overcome, many experts are pretty jazzed about the possibility of a lunar nuclear reactor.
    — Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 19 May 2026

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