burnup

Japanese: burnup
burnup

… [Akita Kazuo]
[Nuclear power]
The generation of energy from nuclear fuel through nuclear fission in a nuclear reactor is called burning. To express the degree of burning, burnup, which means the energy generated per unit mass of nuclear fuel, is used. Usually, the thermal energy generated per ton of nuclear fuel is converted into MW-days, and the unit used is MW-days/t. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "burnup" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…【秋田 一雄】
【原子力】
 原子炉で核燃料が核分裂によりエネルギーを発生することを燃焼という。その程度を表すには,核燃料単位質量当りから発生したエネルギーを意味する燃焼度burnupを用いる。通常は核燃料1t当りの発生熱エネルギーをMW日で換算し,MW日/tという単位を用いる。…

※「burnup」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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