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No, it is not correct; only a nuclear chain reaction can be stopped with control rods.
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When does an unstable isotope break down into a stable isotope?
The process is called decay, or sometimes nuclear decay. A link can be found below.
If you wanted to slow down the chain reaction in a nuclear reactor would you remove or insert the control rods?
In order to slow down the chain reaction in a nuclear reactor, i.e. to reduce KEff, you would insert the control rods.
How do radioactive isotopes add to earths heat?
Radioactive isotopes release energy in the form of heat as they break down. Heat itself increases the rate of this break down.
What and what consume organisms?
Decomposers are organisms that break down dead or decaying organisms
What is a saprophyte-?
A saprophyte is an organism that feeds on decaying matter by secreting enzymes onto the decaying matter and then absorbing what the enzymes have broken it down into. Most saprophytes are bacteria and fungi.
What is the slow breakdown of radioactive substances into more stable elements?
Radioactive elements break down in to stable isotopes through nuclear decay. The list of isotopes from a nuclear isotope to a stable isotope is called its decay chain.
When does an unstable isotope break down into a stable isotope?
The process is called decay, or sometimes nuclear decay. A link can be found below.
Are control rods of nuclear reactors used to stop a leak?
Not really. Control rods are used to start up and shut down a nuclear reactor.
Does fuel rods slow down nuclear reactions?
No, but control rods do.
What type of processes breaks down elements?
Nuclear fission breaks down elements.
If you wanted to slow down the chain reaction in a nuclear reactor would you remove or insert the control rods?
In order to slow down the chain reaction in a nuclear reactor, i.e. to reduce KEff, you would insert the control rods.
Does the cadmium in the control rod slow down a nuclear reaction by absorbing neutrons?
true
Isotopes which have unstable nucleus and break down at a constant rate over time?
radioactive isotopes! :)
Which isotopes break down and give off radiation?
These are the radioactive unstable isotopes.
How is nuclear energy store for later?
It is not stored for later, all you can do is damp down the reactor with control rods.
What is the synonym for decrepit?
The synonym for decrepit is dilapidated or run-down.
What does lower control rods result in?
We lower control rods to cool or shut down a nuclear reactor. Lowering control rods allows those rods to absorb more neutrons, and this limits or shuts the fission chain down.
