Nuclear reactor
Nuclear reactor noun - (physics) any of several kinds of apparatus that maintain and control a nuclear reaction for the production of energy or artificial elements.
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Pile and nuclear reactor are semantically related. in atomic reactor topic. In some cases you can use "Pile" instead a noun phrase "Nuclear reactor".
Pile
Pile noun - A nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy.
Nuclear reactor and pile are semantically related. You can use "Nuclear reactor" instead a noun "Pile".
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- Across the Pond, the United Kingdom built the Graphite Low Energy Experimental Pile, a long-lived research reactor and the first purpose-built nuclear reactor in Western Europe.
Source: Fun With Acronyms / Real Life - Before even SLOWPOKE, there was the first ever nuclear reactor to activate outside the United States, Canada's Zero Energy Experimental Pile (it had more than zero energy but none of it was actually harnessed meaningfully).
Source: Fun With Acronyms / Real Life
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