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Center for Climate and Energy Decision Making Michael J Ford mjford at andrew dot cmu dot edu Ahmed Abdulla ayabdulla at ucsd dot edu May 23 2016 52316 Engineering amp Public Policy School of Global Policy amp Strategy. Special Topic 2014. Exam Craft mock 2014. Define the term Nuclear Fusion:. It is the process the nucleus of an atom (uranium or plutonium) is bombarded with neutrons. This splits the nucleus (fission) realising large amounts of energy in the form of heat.. Detailed Study . 3.3. Chapter. 12.1: Splitting the atom – Nuclear Fission. Inside the Nucleus. Uranium, with 92 protons and 140 neutrons, is one of the largest atoms. Even though its nucleus is so large, around 100 000 000 000 of these nuclei would fit, lined up in 1 mm.. Uma Lad. PHY 3305: Modern Physics. December 2, 2014. Outline. . Fission and fusion will be defined. . Examples of fission and fusion will be discussed. . Modern day applications of these reactions will be discussed. . The Nucleus. Protons – . 1.672 . × 10. 27. kg. Neutrons – 1.675 . × 10. 27. kg. isotopes. Strong Nuclear Force. Holds the protons and neutrons together.. Third Fundamental Force (after gravity and the electromagnetic forces). at NPL. Paddy Regan. NPL . Radioactivity Group, AIR Division. & . Department of Physics, . University . of Surrey. Nuclear Data?. ‘Nuclear Data’ and its evaluation underpin many areas of both applied and fundamental nuclear science, including. reactors. and Geometric Buckling. . Eastern Illinois University . Derek Smith. 1. How do you make Nuclear energy safe?. 1. Understand a basic reactor.. 2. 3. http://www.cameco.com/uranium_101/uranium_science/nuclear_reactors/. Nuclear power plant. 2. NUCLEAR FUEL. Nuclear . fuel is any material that can be consumed to derive nuclear energy. The most common type of nuclear fuel is fissile elements that can be made to undergo nuclear fission chain reactions in a nuclear reactor . ~bombs and nuclear power. Nuclear fission. ~the separating of a nucleus of an atom.. This is the process used by nuclear power stations (when it is kept under control).. It is also the process of an atom bomb (when it is allowed to run uncontrolled). . Ian Gauld. Marco Pigni. Reactor and Nuclear Systems Division. May 2, 2013. Nuclear decay data from an end-user perspective.. Evaluated decay data have major importance to areas of reactor safety and nuclear fuel cycle analysis. Nuclear Fission. We convert mass into energy by breaking large atoms (usually Uranium) into smaller atoms. Note the increases in binding energy per nucleon.. A slow moving neutron induces fission in Uranium 235. Nuclear Reactions , Transmutations , Fission and Fusion Nuclear reactions The first induced nuclear reaction was accomplished by none other than Australian physicist Ernest Rutherford, the same guy Gamma radiation. In gamma radiation no particle is released, just a “packet” of energy.. Photon- “packet” of energy.. When an atom has too much energy, it is . excited. , it’s electrons are in higher energy levels.. 8.4.2 Distinguish between controlled nuclear and uncontrolled nuclear fission. . 8.4.3 Describe what is meant by fuel enrichment.. Topic 8: Energy, power, climate change. 8.4 Non-fossil fuel power production. Stephen Croft (ORNL). Ramkumar Venkataraman (ORNL). Louise G. Worrall (ORNL). Robert D. McElroy Jr. (ORNL). Andrea Favalli (LANL). Acknowledgement. This work was sponsored in part by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation Research and Development (NA-22) and in part by ORNL and LANL..