Discussion :: Power Plant Engineering
- A nuclear reactor is said to be critical when the neutron population in the reactor core is
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A.
Rapidly increasing leading to the point of explosion |
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B.
Decreasing from the specified value |
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C.
Reduced to zero |
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D.
Constant |
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Answer : Option D
Explanation :
Criticality means that a reactor is controlling a sustained fission chain reaction, where each fission event releases a sufficient number of neutrons to maintain an ongoing series of reactions. This is the normal state of nuclear power generation.
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