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Nuclear fission All commercial power reactors are based on nuclear fission generally use  uranium  and its product  plutonium  as nuclear fuel though a thorium fuel cycle is also possible . Reactor types. Classifications. Classification by type of nuclear reaction. Classification by moderator material. Classification by coolant. Classification by generation. Classification by phase of fuel. 8.1 Nuclear Fission . - release of energy due to splitting of heavy elements into two parts. . (. atomic bomb . and . nuclear reactors. ). 8.2 Nuclear Fusion . - fusion of light nuclei into heavier with release of energy. Nuclear Fission and Fusion. © 2015 Pearson Education, Inc.. This lecture will help you understand:. Nuclear Fission. Nuclear Fission Reactors. Breeder Reactor. Fission Power. Mass–Energy Equivalence. How it works?. Just as conventional power-stations generate electricity by harnessing the . thermal energy . released from .  . burning fossil fuels, . nuclear reactors convert the thermal energy released from . Zack Draper | Physics 486. February 22, 2016. Works cited. "Nuclear Fission - Fission Reaction." Nuclear Power. Web. 14 Feb. 2016.. ". Pressurised. Water Reactor VS Boiling Water Reactor." . Clpgroup.com. 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). . 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. 5/23/16. Engineering & Public Policy / School of Global Policy & Strategy. http://science.howstuffworks.com/nuclear-power1.htm. 10 facts about NUCLEAR FISSION. 1. . Nuclear Fission is the splitting of an atomic nucleus into two smaller nuclei of approximately equal mass. . Large nuclei split into 2 smaller more stable nuclei. Sometimes natural. Most of the time extra energy is needed. Usually neutrons are released . Released neutrons may then hit other nuclei causing a . . at. IN2P3. S. David. CNRS/IN2P3. NuPECC. IPHC Strasbourg. March 14th 2014. 1. Nuclear. . physics. Nuclear. . data. System . studies. Scenarios . studies. Neutronic. . simulations. Experiment. Society. HEJC . Feb 26, 2020. Eric Fell. 2. Nuclear Power in the U.S.. 94 nuclear reactors currently operating in USA (~97 GW). 19% of the nation’s total electric energy generation . Accounts for ~60% of U.S. emission-free energy generation. Enormous Energies. Nuclear Fission. Take a large atom and impact the nucleus with a particle. . Split the atom releasing high energy, more high energy neutrons, and two daughter nuclides.. Fission occurs only rarely in nature. Alpha decay is much more common.. 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.