Shutdown (nuclear reactor)
State of a nuclear reactor with fission slowed or halted / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Shutdown is the state of a nuclear reactor when the fission reaction is slowed significantly or halted completely. Different nuclear reactor designs have different definitions for what "shutdown" means, but it typically means that the reactor is not producing a measurable amount of electricity or heat and is in a stable condition with very low reactivity.