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13 Nuclear
13 Reactions
With the top half of the steel vessel and control rods removed, fuel rod
bundles can be replaced in the water-flooded nuclear reactor.
CORE CONCEPT
Nuclear reactions involve changes in the nucleus of the atom.
OUTLINE
Natural Radioactivity 13.1 Natural Radioactivity
Natural radioactivity is the Nuclear Equations The Nature of the Nucleus
spontaneous emission of The Nature of the Nucleus Nuclear instability results from
particles or energy from a Types of Radioactive Decay an imbalance between the
disintegrating nucleus. Radioactive Decay Series
13.2 Measurement of Radiation attractive nuclear force and the
Measurement Methods repulsive electromagnetic force.
A Closer Look: How Is Half-Life Determined?
Types of Radioactive Decay Radiation Units
An unstable nucleus becomes A Closer Look: Carbon Dating
more stable by emitting alpha, Radiation Exposure Nuclear Energy
beta, or gamma radiation from 13.3 Nuclear Energy The relationship between energy
A Closer Look: Radiation and Food Preservation 2
the nucleus. and mass changes is E = mc .
A Closer Look: Nuclear Medicine
Nuclear Fission
Nuclear Power Plants
Nuclear Power Plants A Closer Look: Three Mile Island and Chernobyl
A nuclear reactor in a power Nuclear Fusion
plant can only release energy at A Closer Look: Nuclear Waste
a comparatively slow rate, and Science and Society: High-Level Nuclear Waste
The Source of Nuclear Energy
it is impossible for a nuclear People Behind the Science: Marie Curie
power plant to produce a nuclear
explosion.
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