SUBCRITICALITY


Meaning of SUBCRITICALITY in English

The condition of a nuclear reactor system when the rate of production of fission neutrons is lower than the rate of production in the previous generation owing to increased neutron leakage and poisons.

NRC Nuclear Energy English Glossary.      Английский глоссарий ядерной энергии NRC (Национальный научно исследовательский совет).