崩ほう壊かい熱ねつ

noun

decay heat

Technical term in nuclear physics: heat produced by the radioactive decay of fission products in a nuclear reactor after shutdown.

• 原げん子し炉ろを停てい止しした後あとも、崩ほう壊かい熱ねつの除じょ去きょが必ひつ要ようである。

  Even after the reactor is shut down, removal of decay heat is necessary.