reactor

IPA: riˈæktɝ

A person who responds to a suggestion, stimulation or other influence.
(chemistry, engineering) A structure used to contain chemical or other reactions.
(nuclear physics) A device which uses atomic energy to produce heat.
(chemistry) A chemical substance which responds to the presence of, or contact with, another substance.

Examples of "reactor" in Sentences

This reactor is an excellent and elegant solution to the non-polluting heat source problem.
Once the reactor is built, the several thousand construction jobs are ended — leaving a residual of only perhaps 600 permanent jobs.
The “construction jobs” ‘created’ to build the nuclear reactor *** ARE *** counted as “green jobs” since the reactor is a green source of electricity.
EDF said that while the future of the third Calvert Cliffs reactor is unclear, it "remains committed to pursuing new nuclear [power plants] in the U.S."
That Constellation would not sign a power purchase agreement for its own reactor is a stunning admission that atomic energy cannot compete with natural gas or renewables.
Israel insists it will not be the first to introduce nuclear weapons into the Middle East, but pictures leaked by a former technician at Israel's main reactor in 1986 led experts to estimate that Israel has world's sixth-largest nuclear arsenal.
Also, due to the latent radioactivity in the reactor core, the decommissioning of a reactor is a slow process which has to take place in stages; the plans of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority for decommissioning reactors have an average 50 year time frame.