DeCS

Descriptor English:

Nuclear Reactors

Descriptor Spanish:

Reactores Nucleares

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor

reactores nucleares

Scope note:

Instalaciones que contienen material fisionable en cantidad suficiente y dispuesto de tal modo que mantienen una reacción de FISIÓN NUCLEAR en cadena, controlada y autosostenida. También son conocidos como pilas atómicas, reactores atómicos, reactores de fisión y pilas nucleares, aunque tales nombres son obsoletos. (Traducción libre del original: McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed.)

Descriptor Portuguese:

Reatores Nucleares

Descriptor French:

Réacteurs nucléaires

Entry term(s):

Nuclear Reactor
Reactor, Nuclear
Reactors, Nuclear

Tree number(s):

E07.710.600

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009688

Scope note:

Devices containing fissionable material in sufficient quantity and so arranged as to be capable of maintaining a controlled, self-sustaining NUCLEAR FISSION chain reaction. They are also known as atomic piles, atomic reactors, fission reactors, and nuclear piles, although such names are deprecated. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed)

Annotation:

RADIONUCLIDE GENERATORS and NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS are also available

Allowable Qualifiers:

CL classification
EC economics
HI history
IS instrumentation
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
SD supply & distribution
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards

Public MeSH Note:

History Note:

68(64)

Chernobyl Nuclear Accident MeSH
Nuclear Energy MeSH
Radioactive Hazard Release MeSH

DeCS ID:

9875

Unique ID:

D009688

Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL):

Click here to access the VHL documents

Date Established:

1968/01/01

Date of Entry:

1999/01/01

Revision Date:

2018/06/29

ANALYTICAL, DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC TECHNIQUES, AND EQUIPMENT

Equipment and Supplies [E07]

Equipment and Supplies

Radiation Equipment and Supplies [E07.710]

Radiation Equipment and Supplies

Fiducial Markers [E07.710.259]

Fiducial Markers

Lasers [E07.710.520]

Lasers

Nuclear Reactors [E07.710.600]

Nuclear Reactors

Nuclear Power Plants [E07.710.600.500]

Nuclear Power Plants

Particle Accelerators [E07.710.680]

Particle Accelerators

Radiation Dosimeters [E07.710.725]

Radiation Dosimeters

Radionuclide Generators [E07.710.770]

Radionuclide Generators

Nuclear Reactors - Preferred

Concept UI	M0015045
Scope note	Devices containing fissionable material in sufficient quantity and so arranged as to be capable of maintaining a controlled, self-sustaining NUCLEAR FISSION chain reaction. They are also known as atomic piles, atomic reactors, fission reactors, and nuclear piles, although such names are deprecated. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed)
Preferred term	Nuclear Reactors
Entry term(s)	Nuclear Reactor Reactor, Nuclear Reactors, Nuclear

We want your feedback on the new DeCS / MeSH website

We invite you to complete a survey that will take no more than 3 minutes.