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BURST NEUTRONS [1 record]

Record 1 2016-09-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atomic Physics
DEF

As applied to nuclear kinteics, a short and intense emission of neutrons which is due, most of the time, to a fast divergence in a neutron multiplying media.

OBS

neutron burst: term extracted from the “Glossaire de l’énergie nucléaire” and reproduced with permission of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique atomique
DEF

En cinétique des réacteurs, émission intense et brève de neutrons due, le plus souvent, à une divergence rapide d'un milieu multiplicateur de neutrons.

Spanish

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