21. Nuclear Chemistry
Band of Stability: Alpha Decay & Nuclear Fission
Problem 64
Textbook Question
Textbook QuestionThe spent fuel elements from a fission reactor are much more intensely radioactive than the original fuel elements. (b) Given that only two or three neutrons are released per fission event and knowing that the nucleus undergoing fission has a neutron-to-proton ratio characteristic of a heavy nucleus, what sorts of decay would you expect to be dominant among the fission products?
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