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Possible options for spent nuclear fuel rods include

burying them in deep caverns.removing lighter nuclei and reusing them

re-mixing them and putting them back in the mines

The most effective shape for achieving critical mass is a

sphere

The differences between nuclear reactors and nuclear bombs include what

Nuclear reactors produce exactly one additional fission for each fission reaction while nuclear bombs don't

Nuclear bombs are runaway fission reactions and reactors aren't

(APEX)

In the following decay equation 24 12 Mg is the

daughter element

The half life of cobalt 60 is 5.3 years After years 14 of the original amount of cobalt 60 will remain

10.6 years

Radium-228 decays by alpha decay Part of the nuclear equation is shown

224

Which produces the most energy

fusing 10 kg of hydrogen

Strontium decays by beta decay part of the nuclear equation is shown below fill in the blank with a number

39 APEX

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