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Critical Reactor
The steady-state condition of a reactor in
which the neutron fission process
is self-sustaining without the aid of external neutron sources. A critical
reactor has a criticality
factor of one (ke = 1).
References
This article is based on NASA's Dictionary of Technical Terms for Aerospace Use
