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Supercriticality

Term · Nuclear energy and radiation · MLC-T-NUC-000498

The condition for increasing the level of operation of a reactor. The rate of fission neutron production exceeds all neutron losses, and the overall neutron population increases.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-NUC-000498
FieldNuclear energy and radiation
ReferencesNRC Glossary
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-NUC-000498",
  "term": "Supercriticality",
  "field": "Nuclear energy and radiation",
  "definition": "The condition for increasing the level of operation of a reactor. The rate of fission neutron production exceeds all neutron losses, and the overall neutron population increases.",
  "references": [
    "NRC Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/nuclear/supercriticality/"
}

Record 498 of 555 in Nuclear energy and radiation terminology (MLC-0119). Request the full dataset.