Nuclear Reactors

Fission occurs when atoms break apart

• True

• False

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Fusion occurs when...

• atoms split apart

• atoms combine and fuse together

• atoms release energy

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What is another name for Uranium ore

• uranium

• yellow cake

• pitchblend

Which isotope of Uranium can go through nuclear reactions?

• Uranium-235

• Uranium-238

• Uranium-92

• Uranium-230

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Isotopes have a different number of...

• Protons

• Neutrons

• Electrons

• Positrons

The chain reaction for nuclear reactions starts by releasing a neutron

• True

• False

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What type of waste is produced during nuclear reactions?

• waste

• energy waste

• radioactive decay

• radioactive waste

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What structure did Chernobyl not have?

• Boron control rods

• Containment structure

• Control room

• Condenser

What do control rods do?

• Control the fission reactions

• Control the heat that is generated

• Control the fusion reactions

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