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What is a nuclear reactor?

What is a nuclear reactor? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (physics) 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.
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We hit some dry desert-looking place in Idaho and got busted by the po-po for using video cameras near a nuclear reactor.
It's used to avoid defects in nuclear reactor pressure vessels or it may be on an aircraft to avoid catastrophic failure of an air structure.
The heart of any nuclear reactor is the core, which contains the fuel, a moderator, and control rods.
These were irradiated in the core of the nuclear reactor Siloe, Centre d'Etudes Nucleaires de Grenoble, France.
In most cases, the purpose of a nuclear reactor is to capture the energy released from fission reactions and put it to some useful service.
It has threatened to resume its missile tests and reprocess spent fuel rods from its nuclear reactor, a possible step toward making nuclear arms.

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