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He was charged with designing and building a new atomic reactor to test military equipment during operational conditions.
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Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 3 Apr. 2024
Right next to it was an experimental atomic reactor.
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Werner Herzog, The New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2023
Only when the atomic reactor itself needed servicing would the big transport need to land.
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Thomas E. Stimson, Popular Mechanics, 15 July 2021
Already, Convair is testing an atomic reactor in a big straight-wing B-36, though not for propulsion purposes.
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Thomas E. Stimson, Popular Mechanics, 15 July 2021
Uranium hexafluoride gas is spun by centrifuges to make enriched uranium that can be used in nuclear weapons and atomic reactor fuel.
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Washington Post, 6 June 2018
In 2008, North Korea destroyed the most visible symbol of its nuclear weapons program, the cooling tower at its main atomic reactor at Yongbyon.
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BostonGlobe.com, 27 June 2018
The $20 billion nuclear plant is Seoul’s first attempt to build an atomic reactor abroad.
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Washington Post, 26 Mar. 2018
The $20 billion nuclear plant is Seoul's first attempt to build an atomic reactor abroad.
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Fox News, 26 Mar. 2018
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First Known Use
1942, in the meaning defined above
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“Atomic reactor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/atomic%20reactor. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.
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