Nuclear power

Revise BE and fission.Get a feel for the different orders of magnitude between chemical and nuclear reactions.Understand the role of neutrons in the chain reaction.Understand why a chain reaction can not be achieved below the critical massUnderstand why neutrons need to be slowed down to achieve a chain reaction.Understand how a chain reaction can be controlled by absorbing neutrons.Describe the operation of a nuclear...

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