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reactor scrams

reactor scrams is the plural of reactor scram.

Meaning of reactor scram

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.

Questions about reactor scrams

What is reactor scrams the plural of?
Reactor scrams is the plural of reactor scram.

Words near reactor scrams in the dictionary

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

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