Liquid - metal systems, however,
operate at atmospheric pressure, so they present vastly less potential for a major release.
Not exact matches
Normally, a nuclear reactor
operates at pressures far greater than the
atmospheric pressure outside.
In fact,
atmospheric pressure rapidly increased eightfold before the explosion in reactor No. 1 on March 12 (nuclear power plants typically
operate at roughly 4 atmospheres of
pressure).
The exo - brake is an exo -
atmospheric passive braking device, like a specially designed parachute that
operates at extremely low
pressures that will eventually enable small samples to be returned from the space station or other orbital platforms.