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Latest revision as of 18:39, 23 November 2019
Contents
Key Stage 4
Meaning
A nuclear reactor is a machine used to control the rate of a nuclear chain reaction to heat something at a constant rate.
About Nuclear Reactors
- There are two main types of nuclear reactor:
- A Nuclear Fission Reactor - The nuclear fission of massive unstable isotopes into two daughter nuclei.
- A Nuclear Fusion Reactor - The nuclear fusion of small isotopes of Hydrogen into larger nuclei. This is not yet economically viable.