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Cooldown

Term · Nuclear energy and radiation · MLC-T-NUC-000087

The gradual decrease in reactor fuel rod temperature caused by the removal of heat from the reactor coolant system after the reactor has been shutdown.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-NUC-000087
FieldNuclear energy and radiation
ReferencesNRC Glossary
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-NUC-000087",
  "term": "Cooldown",
  "field": "Nuclear energy and radiation",
  "definition": "The gradual decrease in reactor fuel rod temperature caused by the removal of heat from the reactor coolant system after the reactor has been shutdown.",
  "references": [
    "NRC Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/nuclear/cooldown/"
}

Record 87 of 555 in Nuclear energy and radiation terminology (MLC-0119). Request the full dataset.