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Nuclear Reactors

Medical Definition:	Devices containing fissionable material in sufficient quantity and so arranged as to be capable of maintaining a controlled, self-sustaining nuclear fission chain reaction. They are also known as atomic piles, atomic reactors, fission reactors, and nuclear piles, although such names are deprecated. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed)
Guide Notes:	RADIONUCLIDE GENERATORS is also available; nuclear power plants does not go here: see note & X ref at POWER PLANTS

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