Devices containing fissionable material in sufficient quantity and so arranged as to be capable of maintaining a controlled, self-sustaining NUCLEAR FISSION chain reaction. They are also known as atomic piles, atomic reactors, fission reactors, and nuclear piles, although such names are deprecated. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed)

Annotation

RADIONUCLIDE GENERATORS and NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS are also available

DUI

D009688 MeSH Browser

CUI

M0015045

History note

68(64)

Public note

68