define nuclear reactor
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ɴᴜᴄʟᴇᴀʀ ʀᴇᴀᴄᴛᴏʀꜱ ᴀʀᴇ ᴜꜱᴇᴅ ᴀꜱ ʀᴇꜱᴇᴀʀᴄʜ ᴛᴏᴏʟꜱ, ᴀꜱ ꜱʏꜱᴛᴇᴍꜱ ꜰᴏʀ ᴘʀᴏᴅᴜᴄɪɴɢ ʀᴀᴅɪᴏᴀᴄᴛɪᴠᴇ ɪꜱᴏᴛᴏᴘᴇꜱ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴍᴏꜱᴛ ᴘʀᴏᴍɪɴᴇɴᴛʟʏ ᴀꜱ ᴇɴᴇʀɢʏ ꜱᴏᴜʀᴄᴇꜱ ꜰᴏʀ ɴᴜᴄʟᴇᴀʀ ᴘᴏᴡᴇʀ ᴘʟᴀɴᴛꜱ.
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A nuclear reactor, formerly known as an atomic pile, is a device used to initiate and control a fission nuclear chain reaction or nuclear fusion reactions. Nuclear reactors are used at nuclear power plants for electricity generation and in nuclear marine propulsion.
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