reactor core in a sentence
Examples
- Jet pumps increase the flow of water through the reactor core.
- This solution allowed for a very compact reactor core design.
- Since nuclear fission creates radioactivity, the reactor core is surrounded by a protective shield.
- In its central part, the reactor core's heat is generated by controlled nuclear fission.
- It consisted of an experimental reactor core installed in a modified S5W reactor plant.
- The reactor core normally consists of 27 fuel elements, of about 30 kg of uranium.
- About one-fifth of the reactor core had experienced inadequate cooling caused by uneven coolant flows.
- The uranium-oxide fuel pellets would start to melt, releasing radioactivity into the graphite reactor core.
- Therefore, one or more of the 200 reactor cores could conceivably sink, sooner or later.
- While the submarine was only halfway through her design lifespan, her reactor core required refueling.