"reactor scram" meaning in All languages combined

See reactor scram on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: reactor scrams [plural]
Head templates: {{en-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.
    Sense id: en-reactor_scram-en-noun-fTZG9-TN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 39 18
  2. The process of dropping the control rods into the reactor core.
    Sense id: en-reactor_scram-en-noun-kI~tpOl7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 39 18
  3. The procedure technicians follow in the hours following the instantaneous event of the rods dropping.
    Sense id: en-reactor_scram-en-noun-bWqnadQh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 39 18
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: scram

Inflected forms

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