reactor core

noun
1.
core1 (def 11).
Examples from the web for reactor core
  • Without coolant, the temperature in the reactor core will rise unchecked.
  • As it decays in a reactor core, its byproducts produce more neutrons per collision than conventional fuel.
  • In this system, the heat is always generated in about the same area within the reactor core-near the center.
  • In naval nuclear propulsion plants, fissioning of uranium atoms in the reactor core produces heat.
  • Heat is transferred from the reactor core by the primary liquid-salt coolant to an intermediate heat-transfer loop.
  • The reactor core technology will either be a prismatic block or pebble bed concept.
  • The light from the sensor is guided out from the reactor core region using a hollow-core optical wave guide.
  • Water is heated through the controlled splitting of uranium atoms in the reactor core and turns to steam.