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Can a nuclear reactor detonate the way a nuclear bomb can? Why or why not?

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Can a nuclear reactor detonate the way a nuclear bomb can? Why or why not?

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Problem 39Q

Can a nuclear reactor detonate the way a nuclear bomb can? Why or why not?

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Solution 39Q :

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A nuclear power plant cannot become a nuclear bomb although both the nuclear reactor and the atom bomb works on the same principle - nuclear fission.

The 2 main reasons why a nuclear reactor cannot be an atom bomb is :

1. Control of nuclear fission reaction taking place.

2. Enrichment of fuels.

 

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