Talk:Decay heat

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Performed a partial rewrite. Since decay heat is a very significant issue for nuclear reactor safety, I will probably be revisiting this article, as well as others that should know about decay heat.--Burzum 07:09, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

Good! I shall read with interest (though I'm no great expert in this area). Just to warn you that the last 'Nuclear Technology' topic I contributed to, got a 'too technical' tag slapped on it Bob aka Linuxlad 16:44, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

Edit request: "This results in 13 MeV" --> "This results in 23 MeV"

I disagree. 10 MeV of neutrinos (of the 23 MeV total for beta decay) are not deposited in the core. This results in only 13 MeV being deposited in the core.--Burzum 00:08, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

Even the 13 MeV may be high - does this include decays with long halflife that are unlikely to happen while the fuel is still in the reactor? --JWB (talk) 18:00, 20 May 2008 (UTC)