experimental reactor

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experimental
adjective
uk
/ɪkˌsper.ɪˈmen.təl/us
/ɪkˌsper.əˈmen.t̬əl/
using new methods, ideas, substances, etc. that have not been tried before, usually in order to find out what effect ...
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reactor
noun[C]
uk
/riˈæk.tər/us
/riˈæk.tɚ/
a large machine in which atoms are either divided or joined in order to ...
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For theexperimentalreactorproject, the development of the pellet fuel system and reactor system should be successfully per formed in the next 10 years.
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One can do it with even a demonstration orexperimentalreactor.
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One has first to understand what theexperimentalreactoris doing and what a prototype fast reactor would do.
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As anexperimentalreactor, it is not, and never will be, a net producer of plutonium.
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The estimated cost of thisexperimentalreactoris about £9·7 million.
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The annual outlay for the operation and maintenance of thisexperimentalreactoris at present about £2·0 million.
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The aim is that this should be anexperimentalreactor, and any electricity actually produced is a by-product of its research purpose.
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Theexperimentalreactormay be comparatively small.
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Theexperimentalreactorwas started (reached criticality) in 1964 and was decommissioned in 1966 and was used for research about direct energy conversion.
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However, some 8,000 corroding fuel rods associated with theexperimentalreactorhave remained under close surveillance.
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Experimentalreactor, operated as an irradiation test facility.
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These are all small, experimental reactors; not one of them has been built on a commercial or semi-commercial scale.
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We all know that with experimental reactors it is the grade of the uranium that matters.
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Until some experience has been gained in the operation of such experimental reactors, it would be premature to estimate their prospects.
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Eight experimental reactors of low thermal output have been completely dismantled.
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One could not possibly have a safety organisation which would tell them what to do about their experimental reactors without knowing as much as they do about the experiments.
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There are plans for both nuclear power plants to have experimental reactors, the safety of which is impossible to evaluate, as they have not yet been in operation anywhere.
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Experimental reactors of that era were not required to have the same type of containment structures that shield modern nuclear reactors.
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Those experimental reactors were constructed more than 40 years ago.
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