Glossary

Learn more about the technical terms used in the industry and necessary to understand how energy is generated in a nuclear power plant.

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There are currently 4 glosarioING in this directory beginning with the letter M.

Mean lifetime

Arithmetic mean of the lifetime of an atomic species in a given state.

Member of the public

Irrespective of their employment relationship, and for the purpose of their radiological protection exclusively, Spanish legislation considers members of the public to be all the individuals in the population except for professionally exposed workers and students and trainees during their usual working hours.

Moderation

Reduction in the kinetic energy of neutrons.

Moderator

Substance that reduces the velocity of fast fission neutrons without significant neutron capture.