Subcritical

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Having a mass of fissionable material that is less than that needed for a chain reaction.
  • adj. Of less than critical importance.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Less than critical, or below criticality
  • adj. Having insufficient mass to sustain a chain reaction
  • Word Usage
    "We may end up using ISRU provided Thorium in subcritical reactors that my friend Roger Lenard talks about so eloquently."
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