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ESPERANCE DESCENDANCE [1 record]

Record 1 2015-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nuclear Fission Reactors
  • Nuclear Physics
DEF

The average value after many generations of the number of fissions per generation arising from the neutrons descended from a given neutron in a critical reactor.

OBS

iterated fission expectation; iterated fission probability: terms and definition standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Réacteurs nucléaires de fission
  • Physique nucléaire
DEF

Valeur moyenne, dans un réacteur critique, après de nombreuses générations, du nombre de fissions par génération provenant de neutrons descendant d'un neutron donné.

OBS

espérance de fission itérée; probabilité de fission itérée; espérance de descendance : termes et définition normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

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