Sentences with phrase «absorb neutrons more»

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Controlling the chain reaction was extremely important: If the balance between produced and absorbed neutrons was not exactly right, then the chain reactions either would not proceed at all, or in the other much more dangerous extreme, the chain reactions would multiply rapidly with the release of enormous amounts of energy.

At slower speeds, many more neutrons are absorbed in nonfi ssion reactions and are lost.

Radon is radioactive, and if it were present at 400 ppm, collisions of neutrons with neighboring air molecules would cause more warming than an equivalent concentration of CO2 by absorbing relatively weak infrared waves / photons.

Around the core is uranium that will absorb neutrons and breed plutonium Heats up sodium that transfers heat to a second sodium loop that then heats up water to make steam Can produce 20 % more fuel than it uses.

Their approach involves converting radioactive material into short - lived nuclides by absorbing surplus neutrons... Read more →