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Nuclear engineering

heat produced by radioactive decay of fission products after a reactor shuts down, falling over time roughly as a power law.

In nuclear engineering, decay heat refers to heat produced by radioactive decay of fission products after a reactor shuts down, falling over time roughly as a power law. This meaning comes from Way (1948) in Physical Review.[1]

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References

  1. Way, K., & Wigner, E. P. (1948). The Rate of Decay of Fission Products. Physical Review, 73(11), 1318-1330. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrev.73.1318

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