In addition to the comparison of the decay heat values, the decay heat ratio (WG-MOX/UOX) has been plotted as a function of time for the period just after discharge (0 to 5 days) and during long-term storage (10,000 to 18,000 days) in Figs.
running dog. 1. Disparaging. a person or institution subservient to counterrevolutionary interests. a manipulable, servile follower; lackey: to be reviled as a running dog of the colonialists. 2. Architecture.
Usage notes[edit] Originally the term referred to the hard life of the working dog: sleeping in a damp barn, chasing rats and other intruders, living on scraps, etc. Today, however, it has in some circles acquired the completely opposite connotation indicated in sense 2. Finnish: koiranelÃ¤mÃ¤.