nuclear reactor

English

Noun

Wikipedia nuclear reactor (plural nuclear reactors)

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.

Synonyms

• atomic pile (dated)

Derived terms

• nuclear reactor core

Translations

device in which a controlled chain reaction is maintained for creating heat, neutrons or other fission products

• Arabic: مفاعل نووي (ar) (mufaa3il nawawiy) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 核反應堆 (cmn), 核反应堆 (cmn) (héfǎn yìngduī)

• Danish: atomreaktor (da)
• Dutch: kernreactor
• Finnish: ydinreaktori (fi)
• French: réacteur nucléaire (fr) m
• German: Kernreaktor (de) m, Atomreaktor (de) m
• Icelandic: kjarnaofn (is) m
• Italian: reattore nucleare (it)

• Japanese: 原子炉 (ja) (げんしろ, genshiro)
• Korean: 원자로 (ko) (wonjaro), 原子炉 (ko)
• Persian: رآکتور هسته‌ای (fa) (reâktor-e haste'i), واکنشگاه هسته‌ای (fa) (vâkonešgâh-e haste'i)
• Portuguese: reator nuclear (pt) m
• Russian: ядерный реактор (ru) (jádernyj reáktor) m
• Spanish: reactor nuclear (es) m
• Vietnamese: lò phản ứng hạt nhân (vi)