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| Buckling-Geometric factor based on reactor shape used to help calculate non-leakage |
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| mass # - number of nucleons in nucleus |
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| fast fission factor - number of neutrons produced per original fas neutron via "fast fission" |
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| flux - number of objects passing through an area per unit time |
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| criticality or multiplication factor - number of neutrons that produce fission per original neutron |
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| reproduction factor - number of nnew fission neutrons per absorption of a neutron in the fuel |
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| diffusion length - average distance traveled by a particle before interacting |
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| reactivity- fractional change in number of neutrons producing fission per original fission |
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| non leakage factor - fraction of neutrons that do not escape the physical confines of the reactor |
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cross section- effective area surrounding a target through which if a particle passes an interaction will occur
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| Power - rate of work or change in energy per unit time |
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| macroscopic cross section - product of cross-section and number density of target objects for a particular type of interaction |
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| reaction rate per unit volume |
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