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Reactivity

Term · Nuclear energy and radiation · MLC-T-NUC-000429

A term expressing the departure of a reactor system from criticality. A positive reactivity addition indicates a move toward supercriticality (power increase). A negative reactivity addition indicates a move toward subcriticality (power decrease).

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-NUC-000429
FieldNuclear energy and radiation
ReferencesNRC Glossary
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-NUC-000429",
  "term": "Reactivity",
  "field": "Nuclear energy and radiation",
  "definition": "A term expressing the departure of a reactor system from criticality. A positive reactivity addition indicates a move toward supercriticality (power increase). A negative reactivity addition indicates a move toward subcriticality (power decrease).",
  "references": [
    "NRC Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/nuclear/reactivity/"
}

Record 429 of 555 in Nuclear energy and radiation terminology (MLC-0119). Request the full dataset.