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English | Chemistry |
|---|---|
 pu enriched u | Fuel: |
| fissionable | u and pu are both |
| pellets in rods | fuel is in the form of |
| graphite/water | rods surrounded by |
| fast neutrons | ____________ bombard fuel pellets |
| more fast neutrons | neutrons → fission → ___________ |
| graphite/water moderator | To slow down the neutrons so they can be captured, |
| chain reaction | nuclear fission in a reactor can be described as a |
| control rods | ____________ are inserted or removed b/w fuel rods to control reaction rate |
| nonfission/neutron absorbing | control rods are (characteristics) |
| hf/b/cd | elements commonly making up control rods |
| heat energy | another product of the reaction is |
| core meltdown | ____________ happens when fission happens too quickly and isn't controlled |
| water to absorb/cool | _______________ → steam, which turns turbines |
| additional cooling water | coolant = |
| passes towers realeased steam | what happens to coolant? |
| uncommon excess energy | fusion reactors |
| breed own fuel | breeder reactors |
| protons/+lead ions | hadrons = |
| p/alphas | particle accelerators speed up |
| alt current magnetic | how do particle accelerators speed up the particles? |
| xrays/r tracers/cancer | medical applications |
| carbon14 | isotope used to determine fossil/organic material's age |
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