Nuclear reactor | Definition, History, & Components | Britannica
Nuclear reactors operate on the principle of nuclear fission, the process in which a heavy atomic nucleus splits into two smaller fragments. The nuclear fragments are in very excited states and emit neutron s, other subatomic particle s, and photon s. The emitted neutrons may then cause new fissions, which in turn yield more neutrons, and so …
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