fission product

collocation in English

meaningsoffissionandproduct

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fission
noun[U]
uk
/ˈfɪʃ.ən/us
/ˈfɪʃ.ən/
physicsspecialized
the process of dividing the nucleus of an atom, resulting in the release of a large amount of ...
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product
noun
uk
/ˈprɒd.ʌkt/us
/ˈprɑː.dʌkt/
something that is made to be sold, usually something that is produced by an industrial process or, less commonly, something that is grown or obtained ...
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(Definition offissionandproductfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In a steady state, this heat from delayedfissionproductbeta decay contributes 6.5% of the normal reactor heat output.
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Power history is important for calculations and operations that involve decay heat andfissionproduct poisons and to avoid the iodine pit during reactor shutdowns.
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Yield refers to the fraction of afissionproductproduced per fission.
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These ease the problem offissionproductaccumulation in the fuel, but pose the additional problem of safely removing and storing the fission products.
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However, it is possible that eitherfissionproductbe the sole survivor.
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Every tonne of fuel reprocessed produces only about 30 litres offissionproductsolution.
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Longer irradiation, with more electricity production, converts more uranium intofissionproductwaste and plutonium.
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It is proposed, however, that it should provide for an option to returnfissionproductwaste.
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It is proposed that future contracts to process overseas fuels should provide for an option to returnfissionproductwastes to the country concerned.
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Radio-manganese is not afissionproduct.
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After reprocessing, this annual quantity of fuel would give rise to approximately 60 cubic metres of highly activefissionproductwaste liquor which would be stored in stainless steel tanks.
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Fission products tend to be beta emitters, emitting fast-moving electrons to conserve electric charge, as excess neutrons convert to protons in thefission-productatoms.
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It was assumed to be present in the environment whereverfissionproductradiation was detected.
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They require additional slowly-evolving neutrons fromfissionproductdecay to continue the chain reaction.
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The buildup offissionproductpoisons in the fuel eventually leads to loss of efficiency, and in some cases to instability.
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Xe, a secondaryfissionproductwith a half-life of about 9 hours, is an extremely strong neutron absorber.
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Seefissionproductyield for a comparison with other radioactive fission products.
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Samarium-151, produced at lower yields, is the third most abundant medium-livedfissionproductbut emits only weak beta radiation.
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I, with a half-life almost a billion times as long, is a long-livedfissionproduct.
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Caesium is mined mostly from pollucite, while the radioisotopes, especially caesium-137, afissionproduct, are extracted from waste produced by nuclear reactors.
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