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Chapter 19, Problem 67P(choose chapter or problem)
QUESTION:
After the Chernobyl accident, people living close to the nuclear reactor site were urged to take large amounts of potassium iodide as a safety precaution. What is the chemical basis for this action?
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QUESTION:
After the Chernobyl accident, people living close to the nuclear reactor site were urged to take large amounts of potassium iodide as a safety precaution. What is the chemical basis for this action?
ANSWER:Step 1 of 2
A process in which neutrons generated during fission cause a further fission in at least one more nucleus is referred to as a chain reaction.