Practice - Fission
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Practice Questions
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Define fission in your own words.
💡 Hint: Think of it as breaking apart an atom.
Name one isotope commonly used in fission reactions.
💡 Hint: It starts with a 'U'.
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What is fission?
💡 Hint: Think about what happens in nuclear bombs.
True or False: Fission releases energy by increasing the binding energy of the resulting nuclei.
💡 Hint: Focus on what happens to the energy levels.
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Challenge Problems
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If a nuclear reactor initially has 1 kg of uranium-235 and 0.5 kg of plutonium-239, how much energy is released if all the nuclei undergo fission? (U-235 releases 200 MeV and Pu-239 releases 180 MeV per fission.)
💡 Hint: Convert mass to number of nuclei and multiply by energy release.
Discuss the implications for radioactive waste management when fission products decay over time. What considerations should be taken into account?
💡 Hint: Think about long-term storage solutions and safety measures.
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