Chapter 13 NUCLEAR FISSION
This heat is used in turn to produce electricity in a nuclear reactor or is allowed to cause an explosion in an atomic bomb. The fate of the neutrons produced in the fission process is the key to understanding the difference between a controlled nuclear reaction, which takes place inside a nuclear reactor, and an uncontrolled nuclear reaction ...
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