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NE 101Basics of Nuclear Engineering & Technology
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Fall Semester 2007/ 2008
Chapter 5:Nuclear Reactions
Fission and Fusion
Dr. Ned XoubiFounder of the Nuclear Engineering Department
 
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When atoms are bombarded with neutrons, their nucleisplits into 2 parts which are roughly equal in size.Nuclear fission in the process whereby a nucleus, with ahigh mass number, splits into 2 nuclei which haveroughly equal smaller mass numbers.During nuclear fission, neutrons are released.
Fission
 
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There are 2 types of fission that exist:1. Spontaneous Fission2. Induced Fission
Nuclear Fission
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