单词 | slow reactor |
释义 | > as lemmasslow reactor slow reactor n. Nuclear Physics a nuclear reactor in which fission is produced primarily by moderated neutrons; a thermal reactor. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > atomic nucleus > nuclear fission > nuclear reactor > [noun] > thermal or slow reactor slow reactor1947 thermal reactor1949 1947 Oil Engine & Gas Turbine July 73/1 Nuclear reactors are of two general types, known as fast and slow reactors. 1973 Daily Tel. 12 Oct. 8/5 Fast reactors, cooled by sodium instead of carbon dioxide, as in slow reactors now used, can provide more heat more rapidly. 2009 WA Business News (Austral.) (Nexis) 14 May A move towards ‘fast’ reactor technology would enable the use of 97 per cent of the available energy content of nuclear fuel, producing lower volumes of high level spent fuel than present ‘slow’ reactors, which only recover 5 per cent of available energy content from their fuel. < as lemmas |
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