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Burn-up

Term · Chemistry · MLC-T-CHM-001546

The fraction of fissile or fissionable atoms that have undergone fission in a nuclear reactor fuel. It quantifies the extent to which nuclear fuel has been consumed. This value is often expressed in terms of energy released per unit mass of fuel, such as megawatt-days per metric ton (MWd/t).

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-CHM-001546
FieldChemistry
SubjectAnalytical Chemistry
ReferencesPAC, 1982, 54, 1533. 'Glossary of terms used in nuclear analytical chemistry (Provisional)' on page 1537 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac198254081533)
See alsoNuclear transformation
Record as JSON 
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  "term": "Burn-up",
  "field": "Chemistry",
  "definition": "The fraction of fissile or fissionable atoms that have undergone fission in a nuclear reactor fuel. It quantifies the extent to which nuclear fuel has been consumed. This value is often expressed in terms of energy released per unit mass of fuel, such as megawatt-days per metric ton (MWd/t).",
  "subject": "Analytical Chemistry",
  "see_also": [
    "nuclear transformation"
  ],
  "references": [
    "PAC, 1982, 54, 1533. 'Glossary of terms used in nuclear analytical chemistry (Provisional)' on page 1537 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac198254081533)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/chemistry/burn-up/"
}

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