Describe what happens in a fission reaction.

Question

What is a commonly used isotope in a nuclear fission reactor?
Describe how a fission nuclear reactor power plant works.

Answer 1

See your post on the nucleus.

Answer 2

a fission reaction involves the splitting of the larger nucleus to smaller daughter nuclei accompanied by highly energized neutrons. nuclear fission does not occur on its own; requires an input of energy. this is done by bombarding larger nuclei with neutrons in special containments. the common isotope is uranium and plutonium (these isotopes are used in nuclear fission bombs) as in the ones dropped at nagasaki and hiroshima during the second world war...

for the nuclear reactor power plant to work, it must contain several compartments; the reactor, the boiler, the cooling system, the turbines, the cooling tower and the pumps. the reactor contains the isotope constantly undergoing fission reaction with high amount of energy. the this heat energy is passed on to the the boiler where water is boiled to produce a steam. the steam is pumped into the cooling system, absorbed and used to spin the turbines for energy generation such as electricity. the temperature from the steam is controlled by the cooling tower, releasing tonnes of steams into the atmosphere.

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Answer 3

thx, it helps so much!!!!!

Answer 4

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