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Which component within a nuclear reactor directs neutron bombardment?
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How does nuclear power kill you?
Nuclear power itself does not kill you unless there is a steam explosion like at Chernobyl. It is the radiation either from fission products or direct neutron bombardment which will do that, and the effects of excessive radiation are well known and documented.
What causes transmutation?
Nuclear decay or radioactive bombardment.
What is the continuous bombardment and splitting of a atomic nuclei?
A nuclear fission chain reaction
How is plutonium made?
Plutonium is made by the activation of uranium by neutrons. A shaped amount of refined uranium is lowered into an operating nuclear reactor, and the sample is bathed in the neutron flux of the operating reactor. Uranium atoms capture a neutron (via neutron absorption) and transform into plutonium.There are several ways to create plutonium. One is neutron absorption of uranium, followed by two stages of beta decay ...92238U + 01N --> 92239U --> Beta- --> 93239Np --> Beta- --> 94239Pu... leaving out the electrons and the electron antineutrinos.Another way is deuteron bombardment ...92238U + 12D --> 93238Np --> Beta- --> 94238Pu... again, leaving out the electrons and the electron antineutrinos.
What is artificial transmutation?
An artificially induced nuclear reaction caused by the bombardment of a nucleus with subatomic particiles or small nucei.
How do you make an atom into a different element?
This will happen naturally if the element is radioactive and can be done artificially by means of neutron bombardment in a nuclear reactor or in the heart of a star.
How does nuclear power kill you?
Nuclear power itself does not kill you unless there is a steam explosion like at Chernobyl. It is the radiation either from fission products or direct neutron bombardment which will do that, and the effects of excessive radiation are well known and documented.
In a nuclear fission reaction a freely moving neutron?
In a nuclear fission reaction, a freely moving neutron undergoes neutron capture and initiates the nuclear fission of a fuel atom.
What causes transmutation?
Nuclear decay or radioactive bombardment.
What is a neutron give it uses?
Neutron is an elementary particle, with a mass of approx. 1 amu; neutron is neutral. Neutrons are components of the atomic nucleus; neutrons contain quarks and gluons. Some applications: - neutron radiography - neutron diffraction - neutrons are involved in many important nuclear reactions as reactants or products - the nuclear fission is a problem of neutrons (nuclear reactors, nuclear weapons) - neutron activation analysis - neutron probes for water - experiments in nuclear physics
What is a White radioactive metallic element artificially produced by neutron bombardment of plutonium?
After some nuclear reactions, americium and curium; see for more details at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isotopes_of_plutonium.
What is the sentence for neutron?
The neutron has been the key to nuclear power production.
Neutral nuclear particle?
neutron
What is the effect of slow neutron on nuclear reactions?
Because of neutron multiplication ratio.....
What is the continuous bombardment and splitting of a atomic nuclei?
A nuclear fission chain reaction
What is the difference between fission and fusion in nuclear bombardment reactions?
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in a nuclear fission reaction, a freely moving neutron is introduced to a nuclear fuel, such as uranium-235. What happens next?
A neutron is absorbed by an atoms nucleus
