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Emergency core cooling systems

Term · Nuclear energy and radiation · MLC-T-NUC-000154

Reactor system components (pumps, valves, heat exchangers, tanks, and piping) that are specifically designed to remove residual heat from the reactor fuel rods in the event of a failure of the normal core cooling system (reactor coolant system).

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-NUC-000154
FieldNuclear energy and radiation
AbbreviationECCS
ReferencesNRC Glossary
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-NUC-000154",
  "term": "Emergency core cooling systems",
  "field": "Nuclear energy and radiation",
  "definition": "Reactor system components (pumps, valves, heat exchangers, tanks, and piping) that are specifically designed to remove residual heat from the reactor fuel rods in the event of a failure of the normal core cooling system (reactor coolant system).",
  "abbreviation": "ECCS",
  "references": [
    "NRC Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/nuclear/emergency-core-cooling-systems/"
}

Record 154 of 555 in Nuclear energy and radiation terminology (MLC-0119). Request the full dataset.