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Keywords:  reactor, shutdown, shut, nuclear, emergency
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to shut down (a nuclear reactor) quickly, as in an emergency.
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the rapid shut down of a nuclear reactor, as in an emergency.
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An emergency shutdown (trip) of a nuclear reactor, done by driving control rods to the bottom of the core using springs. A term left over from the 1940s when the primitive lab reactors had a control rod hanging by a rope. An emergency trip would be initiated by the Safety Control Rod Ax Man (SCRAM).
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Keywords:  hurriedly, impolite, imperative, leave, immediately
to leave; to go away; used mostly as an impolite command to a person to go away from a specific location.
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to leave hurriedly (from scramble)
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leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form; "Scram!"
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Keywords:  laurel, hardy, film
Scram is a 1932 Laurel and Hardy film.
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