Nuclear energy, basic processes

Analysis of the characteristics of liquid-metal coolants, such as sodium (Na), lead (Pb) and lead-bismuth eutectic (Pb-Bi), makes it possible to decide on the coolant for the new fast reactor considered as a basic component of large-scale nuclear power, which will be capable of taking over the greater part of the electricity generation increase and, possibly, of providing for other energy-intensive processes. 

What basic phenomenon is responsible for nuclear energy What keeps the process going ... 

The positron has a short life and will quickly be annihilated in a reaction with an electron, producing y-photons of characteristic energy (0.51 MeV). In addition, the basic nuclear process itself is usually accompanied by the emission of y-radiation. As in the case of negatron decay a complete energy... 

In addition to the huge amount of energy released by nuclear fission reactions, another important result of such reactions is that more neutrons are produced than the number of neutrons used to bombard. The produced neutrons may also strike other 235(J isotopes and causes new fissions. The new nuclear fission reactions also produce neutrons with huge amounts of energy, and so on. This continuous process is said to be the atomic bomb, and is the basic principle of nuclear reactors. 

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