"reactor scram" meaning in English

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Noun

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.
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  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, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 39 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 42 39 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 40 39 21
  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, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 39 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 42 39 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 40 39 21
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: scram

Inflected forms

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