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Natural circulation

Term · Nuclear energy and radiation · MLC-T-NUC-000314

The circulation of the coolant in the reactor coolant system without the use of the reactor coolant pumps. The circulation is due to the natural convection resulting from the different densities of relative cold and heated portions of the system.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-NUC-000314
FieldNuclear energy and radiation
ReferencesNRC Glossary
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-NUC-000314",
  "term": "Natural circulation",
  "field": "Nuclear energy and radiation",
  "definition": "The circulation of the coolant in the reactor coolant system without the use of the reactor coolant pumps. The circulation is due to the natural convection resulting from the different densities of relative cold and heated portions of the system.",
  "references": [
    "NRC Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/nuclear/natural-circulation/"
}

Record 314 of 555 in Nuclear energy and radiation terminology (MLC-0119). Request the full dataset.