Which statement below is a correct description of a fission process?

Posted on 2014-12-03 06:49:00 in Engineering by JOSSLYN

a. The energy yield from fission can be determined from enthalpy of formation data.

b. In nuclear power plants, the heat of fission is used to increase the pressure of some gas that then drives an electrical generator. There is no danger of a nuclear power plant undergoing an atomic bomb explosion.

c. Uranium fission produces several isotopes much lighter than uranium, while plutonium fission produces only one lighter isotope.

d. Any fission process could trigger an uncontrollable nuclear chain reaction under any conditions.

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