1. Fission and Fusion of Atomic Nuclei

2. Nuclear Fission
Neutron
Fission - The splitting of the nucleus into fragments (division)

3. Chain Reaction

4. Nuclear Fusion
Fusion - combining atomic nuclei to produce a nucleus of greater mass
Fusion reactions release more energy than fission reactions
Sun is powered by fusion

5. euterium
ritium

6. Nuclear Binding Energy
The energy required to break a nucleus into its individual protons and neutrons

7. Mass Defect
When breaking apart a nucleus, there is a change in mass called the mass defect.
The change in mass was converted to energy.
We know this as E=mc2

8. Nuclear Reactors
The purpose of nuclear reactors is to keep the chain reaction going without letting it get out of control

9. Diablo Canyon

11. San Onofre

12. Fukushima, Japan

14. Nuclear Bombs Atomic Bomb Hydrogen Bomb Uses fission
Uses enriched uranium-235 or plutonium
Nagasaki and Hiroshima
Uses fusion
1000 time more powerful than atomic bomb
Uses deuterium 2H and tritium 3H

15. Sources www.pennenergy.com http://www.californiareport.org
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