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When or how is a nuclear chain reaction caused by nuclear fission a problem to people?
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It is not a problem if it is a controlled chain reaction and all safety measures are in place and used. The primary problem associated with nuclear energy relates to the handling and storage of radioactive waste. Of particular concern is spent or depleted fuel rods. Spent fuel rods are highly radioactive. It takes thousands of years for radioactivity levels of this material to decay to safe levels. Human exposure to such radioactive waste can cause serious health problems and even death. Therefore, radioactive waste, including fuel rods, must be stored in specialized containers. The storage must be secure to prevent theft and/or malicious tampering.
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What is splitting of atomic nuclei?
FISSION. nobody on this website knows the answer..... SHAME
What are the disadvantages of nuclear fission and fusion?
For fusion, the main disadvantage is that nobody has been able to make it work. However it does have promise and if it can be developed it will not produce the dangerous fission products that fission does. For fission, see reply to question 'What are the disadvantages of nuclear fission power'
What are negative aspects of nuclear fission?
its really easy for accidents to happen ex. chernobyl USSR in 1986 a fission reaction caused an explosion killing 31 people and giving another 15,000 radiation sickness
How is nuclear fission like a chain reaction?
One large nucleus, typically uranium, undergoes fission and releases several neutrons along with the major fission products. These neutrons strike more uranium atoms and are absorbed by the nucleus causing it to become unstable. It undergoes fission releasing more neutrons and more fission products. These neutrons strike more uranium atoms etc.
Is nuclear fusion caused by solar flares?
no its is the chemical reaction of two atoms when fused together
What is splitting of atomic nuclei?
FISSION. nobody on this website knows the answer..... SHAME
Nuclear energy can be an answer to the problem caused by the use of fossil fuel?
It might, if we eventually manage to harness nuclear fusion. Nuclear fission is fraught with problems, especially the disposal of nuclear waste.
What are the disadvantages of nuclear fission and fusion?
For fusion, the main disadvantage is that nobody has been able to make it work. However it does have promise and if it can be developed it will not produce the dangerous fission products that fission does. For fission, see reply to question 'What are the disadvantages of nuclear fission power'
What are negative aspects of nuclear fission?
its really easy for accidents to happen ex. chernobyl USSR in 1986 a fission reaction caused an explosion killing 31 people and giving another 15,000 radiation sickness
How is nuclear fission like a chain reaction?
One large nucleus, typically uranium, undergoes fission and releases several neutrons along with the major fission products. These neutrons strike more uranium atoms and are absorbed by the nucleus causing it to become unstable. It undergoes fission releasing more neutrons and more fission products. These neutrons strike more uranium atoms etc.
What are explosion earthquakes?
earthquakes caused by a nuclear or chemical reaction
Is the nuclear bomb stronger than atom bomb or is it the other way?
Nuclear bomb: a class of weapons that generates force by nuclear reactions instead of chemical reactions. Nuclear reactions include atomic fission and nuclear fusion. Atomic bombs are a class of weapons that use fission reactions from either Uranium-235 or Plutonium-239. The reaction is caused by creating a critical mass of the radioactive element, which then undergoes a chain reaction causing its atoms to fission, or break apart, releasing energy in the form of heat and radiation. The byproducts of the reaction are strongly radioactive, causing further damage as "radioactive fallout". Thermonuclear fusion bombs are a class of weapons that use heavy hydrogen isotopes (deuterium and tritium) as the primary energy source. When heated to extreme temperatures by an igniter atomic bomb, the hydrogen undergoes nuclear fusion, where the atoms fuse together to form the element lithium, release energy as heat and radiation. The quantity of energy released from a hydrogen fusion reaction is much higher than that from a fission reaction, resulting in more destruction from a relatively similar physical package
What nuclear weapon releases energy by the fission of Uranium-238?
As much as 90% of the yield of a hydrogen bomb can be provided by the fission of Uranium-238 in the bomb's final stage tamper caused by the 15MeV neutrons produced by the fusion reaction. Yes, it cannot support a neutron chain reaction, so it is not fissile, but it can fission in the right circumstances and the hydrogen bomb provides those circumstances.On a separate issue Uranium-238 is used in nuclear weapons. Even the earliest atomic bombs used it in their tampers due to its very high density (but it of course did not fission as the energy of the neutrons in those devices was far too low, only about 1MeV).
Is nuclear reaction caused by the sun?
yes ther is a biometaphol carbophon reaction wich reacts with the immense heat and creates a nucleur reaction
What is a problem caused by using nuclear energy?
There are arguments about where to store the waste. (APEX)
Is nuclear fusion caused by solar flares?
no its is the chemical reaction of two atoms when fused together
What caused nuclear energy to be produced?
Basically, the fission or splitting of the nucleus of Uranium 235 or Plutonium 239, which releases a large amount of thermal energy
