Nuclear energy and radiation terminology · MLC-0119
Nuclear energy and radiation terms: T (22)
- Technical SpecificationsPart of an NRC license authorizing the operation of a nuclear production or utilization facility. A Technical...
- TeletherapyTreatment in which the source of the therapeutic radiation is at a distance from the body. Because...
- Terrestrial radiationThe portion of the natural background radiation that is emitted by naturally occurring radioactive materials...
- Thermal breeder reactorA breeder reactor in which the fission chain reaction is sustained by thermal neutrons.
- Thermal powerThe total core heat transfer rate to the reactor coolant.
- Thermal reactorA reactor in which the fission chain reaction is sustained primarily by thermal neutrons. Most current...
- Thermal shieldA layer, or layers, of high-density material located within a reactor pressure vessel or between the vessel...
- ThermalizationThe process undergone by high-energy (fast) neutrons as they lose energy by collision.
- Thermoluminescent dosimeterA small device used to measure radiation by measuring the amount of visible light emitted from a crystal in...
- ThermonuclearAn adjective referring to the process in which very high temperatures are used to bring about the fusion of...
- Through-wall crackA crack that penetrates a component and is open to both the inside and outside.
- Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR)Four volumes of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) address energy-related topics. Parts 1 to 199 contain...
- Top eventThe events across the top of the event tree, which graphically represent the systems needed to keep the plant...
- Total Effective Dose EquivalentThe sum of the effective dose equivalent (for external exposures) and the committed effective dose equivalent...
- TransientA change in the reactor coolant system temperature, pressure, or both, attributed to a change in the...
- Transitioning crackA through-wall crack whose shape is nonidealized, meaning that it has different lengths on the inside and...
- Transuranic elementAn artificially made, radioactive element that has an atomic number higher than uranium in the periodic table...
- Transuranic wasteMaterial contaminated with transuranic elements - artificially made, radioactive elements, such as neptunium...
- Trip, reactorA term that is used by pressurized water reactors for a reactor scram (see Scram).
- TritiumA radioactive isotope of hydrogen. Because it is chemically identical to natural hydrogen, tritium can easily...
- TurbineA rotary engine made with a series of curved vanes on a rotating shaft, usually turned by water or steam...
- Turbine generatorA steam (or water) turbine directly coupled to an electrical generator. The two devices are often referred to...
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