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the small share of fission neutrons emitted seconds after fission by decaying fission products, which slows reactor response enough for control.

In reactor physics, delayed neutron fraction refers to the small share of fission neutrons emitted seconds after fission by decaying fission products, which slows reactor response enough for control. This meaning comes from Keepin (1957) in Physical Review.[1]

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References

Keepin, G. R., Wimett, T. F., & Zeigler, R. K. (1957). Delayed Neutrons from Fissionable Isotopes of Uranium, Plutonium, and Thorium. Physical Review, 107(4), 1044-1049. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrev.107.1044

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