Nuclear fission and fusion
- Created by: Jenna Russell
- Created on: 13-05-13 18:46
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Nuclear fission
Fission is another word for splitting. The process of splitting a nucleus is called nuclear fission
When a uranium-235 or plutonium-239 nucleus is hit by a neutron, the following happens:
the nucleus splits into two smaller nuclei, which are radioactive
two or three more neutrons are released
some energy is released
Uranium or plutonium isotopes are normally used as the fuel in nuclear reactors, because their atoms have relatively…
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