to shut down (a nuclear reactor) quickly, as in an emergency.
the rapid shut down of a nuclear reactor, as in an emergency.
An emergency shutdown (trip) of a nuclear reactor, done by driving control rods to the bottom of the core using springs. A term left over from the 1940s when the primitive lab reactors had a control rod hanging by a rope. An emergency trip would be initiated by the Safety Control Rod Ax Man (SCRAM).
The sudden shutting down of a reactor, typically by the rapid insertion of control rods. It may occur either automatically or manually by the reactor operator. It originally stood for safety control rod axe man, a title given to personnel who were assigned to insert the emergency rod at the original Chicago pile. Synonym: reactor trip. Synonym: trip.
an emergency shutdown of a nuclear reactor, though the term has been extended to cover shutdowns of
The rapid shutdown of a nuclear reactor, by dropping control rods into the core to halt fission.
The rapid and automatic shutting down of a nuclear reactor.
Scram is the name of two video games, both based around a scram, or emergency shutdown of a nuclear reactor.