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reactor scram

reactor scram noun: an automatic safety feature of nuclear reactors where the control rods are automatically dropped into the reactor core when any of several emergency conditions are reached.

Noun

reactor scram (plural reactor scrams)

  1. An automatic safety feature of nuclear reactors where the control rods are automatically dropped into the reactor core when any of several emergency conditions are reached.
  2. The process of dropping the control rods into the reactor core.
  3. The procedure technicians follow in the hours following the instantaneous event of the rods dropping.

Forms of reactor scram

pluralreactor scrams

Questions about reactor scram

What does reactor scram mean?
Reactor scram means an automatic safety feature of nuclear reactors where the control rods are automatically dropped into the reactor core when any of several emergency conditions are reached.
What part of speech is reactor scram?
Reactor scram is a noun.
What is the plural of reactor scram?
The plural of reactor scram is reactor scrams.

Words near reactor scram in the dictionary

  1. reactologists
  2. reactology
  3. reactome
  4. reactomes
  5. reactor
  6. reactor scram
  7. reactor scrams
  8. reactors
  9. reacts
  10. reactualise
  11. reactualised

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