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Shutdown

Term · Nuclear energy and radiation · MLC-T-NUC-000476

A decrease in the rate of fission (and heat/energy production) in a reactor (usually by the insertion of control rods into the core).

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-NUC-000476
FieldNuclear energy and radiation
ReferencesNRC Glossary
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-NUC-000476",
  "term": "Shutdown",
  "field": "Nuclear energy and radiation",
  "definition": "A decrease in the rate of fission (and heat/energy production) in a reactor (usually by the insertion of control rods into the core).",
  "references": [
    "NRC Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/nuclear/shutdown/"
}

Record 476 of 555 in Nuclear energy and radiation terminology (MLC-0119). Request the full dataset.