| 词条 | Criticality (status) |
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ApplicationsIn the context of a nuclear reactor, particularly in a nuclear power plant, criticality refers to the normal operating condition of a reactor, in which nuclear fuel sustains a fission chain reaction. A reactor achieves criticality, (and is said to be critical) when each fission event releases a sufficient number of neutrons to sustain an ongoing series of reactions.[2] The International Atomic Energy Agency also defines the first criticality date as the date when the reactor is made critical for the first time.[3] This is an important milestone in the construction and commissioning of a nuclear power plant. For example, India's Kudunkulam Nuclear Power Plant's second reactor attained criticality on 10 July 2016 by withdrawing the control rods from the reactor, which led to boron dilution to allow neutron concentration to go up, which eventually led to criticality of the reactor. Qinshan 1, China's first domestically designed and constructed nuclear power plant, achieved first criticality on 31 October 1991.[4] See also
References1. ^{{cite web | url=http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1290_web.pdf | title=Criticality | publisher=International Atomic Energy Agency | work=IAEA Safety Glossary | year=2007 | accessdate=17 February 2014 | pages=46}} 2. ^{{cite web | url=https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/basic-ref/glossary/criticality.html | title=Criticality | publisher=US Nuclear Regulatory Commission | work=Glossary | date=11 December 2013 | accessdate=17 February 2014}} 3. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.iaea.org/PRIS/Glossary.aspx | title=First Criticality Date | publisher=International Atomic Energy Agency | work=Glossary | accessdate=17 February 2014}} 4. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.iaea.org/PRIS/CountryStatistics/ReactorDetails.aspx?current=62 | title=QINSHAN-1 Status Page | publisher=International Atomic Energy Agency | work=Power Reactor Information System | accessdate=18 February 2014}} 4 : Nuclear chemistry|Nuclear physics|Nuclear technology|Radioactivity |
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