reactor vessel
Americannoun
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You cannot weld a reactor vessel with one.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026
Even that scenario would only cut electricity and not spread electricity — unless, of course, the concrete confinement building and stainless steel reactor vessel are not breached.
From Salon • Oct. 7, 2022
That means very little of the tritium in the doughnut-shaped reactor vessel, or tokamak, gets burned.
From Science Magazine • Jun. 22, 2022
Water constantly circulated through the reactor vessel and nuclear fuel, converting it to steam to spin the turbine.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 9, 2022
But March 13, 2011, wasn’t a normal day—the water in the reactor was gone, corium had melted through the reactor vessel, and the primary containment had been breached.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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