Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having a mass of fissionable material that is less than that needed for a sustained nuclear chain reaction.
- adjective Of less than critical importance.
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- adjective Less than
critical , or belowcriticality - adjective physics Having insufficient
mass to sustain achain reaction
Etymologies
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Examples
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We may end up using ISRU provided Thorium in subcritical reactors that my friend Roger Lenard talks about so eloquently.
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We should focus on having all nations ratify the CTBT, including the U.S., and put a stop to all activities, such as subcritical and stockpile experiments, that go against the spirit of the treaty and furthermore provoke non-nuclear nations into becoming nuclear nations.
How to Squash the Baneberry of the East a la Dorothy Gale 2009
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One reactor design is to use a "subcritical" fast reactor and drive it to power production via a spallation beam.
Archive 2008-02-01 James Killus 2008
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One reactor design is to use a "subcritical" fast reactor and drive it to power production via a spallation beam.
The Philosopher's Stone James Killus 2008
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The process for a new NTS EIS will include scoping meetings, public written/oral comment frameworks and a full discussion of how activities such as subcritical and nuclear simulation testing – and more - relates to the mission of the NTS.
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This work uses "subcritical" tests that do not involve full nuclear detonations, and computer simulations of how a weapon would explode.
CJR Sanhita Reddy 2009
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Nuclear power, from uranium, thorium/uranium and or subcritical thorium are all easily implemented.
Today's Video: Like None Other - Restored Moon Images to Help Future Moon Missions - NASA Watch 2009
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This new approach is called the accelerator-driven subcritical reactor (ADSR).
Calculating the speed of light; building nuclear reactors Post 2010
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A conventional (or subcritical) plant typically operates at temperatures up to 1050 degrees Fahrenheit and has an efficiency of between 33 and 39 percent.
Bill Chameides: China's Going Supercritical -- A Critical Test for China and World? 2010
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The joint venture will also make subcritical boilers of more than 300 MWs, Thermax said.
Wilcox Ameya Karve 2010
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