excess reactivity

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excess reactivity [′ek‚ses ‚rē·ak′tiv·əd·ē]

(nucleonics)

The amount of surplus reactivity over that needed to achieve criticality; it is built into a reactor (by using extra fuel) in order to compensate for fuel burnup and the accumulation of fission-product poisons during operation.

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