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What is the material that absorbs the energy from neutrons released by fission?
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∙ 11y ago
The moderator.
Boron and Cadium is really good material used for accepting neutrons. One of the reasons why control rods are made from these materials in order to control the process of fission
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∙ 11y agothey can be absorbed by protons
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How is fission inside a powerplant controlled?
The fission is controlled by inserting rods made of a material that absorbs the neutrons. This keeps the reaction from continuing, or slows the chain reaction.
In a nuclear power plant fission reactions are controlled by inserting what?
In a fission reactor, control is implemented by inserting control rods into the reactor. These are made of a material that absorbs neutrons, and prevents a reaction from taking place.
The cadmium in the control rods slows down a nuclear fission reaction by absorbing neutrons true or false?
True. Cadmium (and boron plus some other elements) absorbs neutrons, thus limiting or slowing the fission chain in a nuclear reactor.
Which describes what happens during a chain reaction?
Neutrons released during a fission reaction trigger other fission reactions.
What is a self sustained nuclear fission chain reaction controlled by?
In most nuclear reactors control rods are used, which contain some material that absorbs neutrons, like boron. These can be finely adjusted to keep the reactor just critical, or dropped in to shutdown quickly if necessary.
How is fission inside a powerplant controlled?
The fission is controlled by inserting rods made of a material that absorbs the neutrons. This keeps the reaction from continuing, or slows the chain reaction.
In a nuclear power plant fission reactions are controlled by inserting what?
In a fission reactor, control is implemented by inserting control rods into the reactor. These are made of a material that absorbs neutrons, and prevents a reaction from taking place.
The process is which each split atom gives up neutrons which in turn split other atoms and so on is called?
This is a nuclear fission chain reaction. An atom of fissile material spontaneously splits (fissions), and neutrons released in this fission event initiate other fission events. Still more neutrons are released, and they cause more fissions, and a chair reaction is under way.a nuclear reactionit is called a chain reaction.chain reaction
Why are neutrons fired at the uranium nuclei?
Under bombardment with thermal neutrons a nuclear fission is produced with the isotopes 235U and 233U; a formidable energy is released after fission.
The cadmium in the control rods slows down a nuclear fission reaction by absorbing neutrons true or false?
True. Cadmium (and boron plus some other elements) absorbs neutrons, thus limiting or slowing the fission chain in a nuclear reactor.
Which describes what happens during a chain reaction?
Neutrons released during a fission reaction trigger other fission reactions.
What do nuclear fission release?
Large amount of energy and extra neutrons are released
What is it called when neutrons released from a fission event cause other fission events in a continued self sustaining cascade?
A chain reaction
Neutrons released in a fission reaction can strike other nuclei and cause?
A chain reaction
How does the role of the moderater work in nuclear power plants?
The moderator in a nuclear reactor slows (moderates) the neutrons that are released during fission, so that they can subsequently cause fission in other atoms. When the neutrons are initially released, they tend to have too much energy, which impacts their ability to cause subsequent fission.
What is possibly happen to neutrons produce in a fission reactor?
The neutrons produced by fission in a nuclear fission reactor during the process of thermalization to be available for a new generation of fission could be subject to:absorption in fuelabsorption in non fuel reactor components (moderator, clad, structural material, ...)fast leakageresonance capture in U-238fast fission in U-238thermal leakage
What is the processes of fission?
Energy is released when the the mass of the nucleus of an atom is reduced by the release of neutrons and gamma photons during the process of nuclear fission.
