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Term: negative reactivity
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Definition: incremental decrease of reactivity caused by special devices or by physical phenomena in the state of a nuclear reactor

Note 1 to entry: For example, control rods (devices) or temperature variations (phenomena) induce negative reactivity.

Note 2 to entry: This entry was numbered 393-15-43 in IEC 60050-393:2003.


Publication date:2014-03
SourceISO 921:1997, definition 777, modified;ISO 921:1997, definition 778, modified
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