neutronics

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noun

The flow of a stream of neutrons

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Meanings

nounneutronics (uncountable)
  1. uncountablenatural sciencesThe flow of a stream of neutrons

    We used the Monte Carlo code MCNP5 to reproduce system neutronics in different operating conditions and to analyse neutron fluxes in the reactor core.

    2015, Davide Chiesa, Massimiliano Clemenza, Stefano Pozzi, Ezio Previtali, Monica Sisti, Daniele Alloni, Giovanni Magrotti, Sergio Manera, Michele Prata, Andrea Salvini, Antonio Cammi, Matteo Zanetti, Alberto Sartori, “Fuel burnup analysis of the TRIGA Mark II Reactor at the University of Pavia”, in arXiv

Origin

From neutron + -ics.

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