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Summary Understanding Nuclear Power Stations and the Process of Nuclear Fission: A Student Worksheet

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This document provides educational worksheets designed for students to learn about nuclear power stations and the process of nuclear fission. It includes exercises such as labeling the parts of a nuclear power station, describing the energy transfers involved, and understanding the safety features ...

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Fill in the gaps with the correct word from the word bank.
 You can use any form of a word listed in the word bank. For example; “walk” could be “walked” or
“walking”.
 You can use the words in the word bank more than once


During _________________ unstable nuclei get _____________ apart this not only releases a large amount of

____________, but also forms two more _____________ nuclei.

A __________ speed _____________ is fired at a heavy and _____________ nucleus called the parent

nucleus. A __________ nucleus could be ___________________ or __________________. The high speed

neutron is ________________ by the parent nucleus which causes it to become even more ______________

than it was before.

The parent nucleus is so unstable that the ________________________ can no longer hold the ___________

and ______________ together in the nucleus.

As a result of its instability the parent nucleus ___________ apart and forms two ____________ nuclei. The

daughter ___________ each a different ________________ which means that ______ more stable

_____________ have been produced. When the ___________ nucleus breaks _______ into the ______

daughter nuclei a large amount of _________ is released, as well as ________ individual ____________.

The individual _______________ can go on to cause more ____________ reactions in what is known as a

_______________, but this will only happen if there is ____________ Uranium or Plutonium. The

______________ amount of Uranium or Plutonium needed to cause a chain reaction is called the

_______________.

Example fission reaction; (use your periodic table to help you fill in the blanks)
235 1 141 92 1
U + 0n → 56Ba + 36 Kr + 3 0n
92



Word Bank

Critical Mass , Nuclear Fission, Two, Protons, Absorbed, High, Apart, Elements, Fission, Three,



Nuclear Strong Force, Nuclei, Minimum, Enough, Stable, Energy, Atomic Number, Daughter,



Chain Reaction, Broken, Unstable, Parent, Neutrons, Breaks, Uranium 235, Plutonium 236

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