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Year 13 Physics

Nuclear radiation

The nuclear model, alpha beta and gamma radiation, decay laws and half-life, binding energy and mass defect, fission and fusion, and radiation safety.

Nuclear radiation free practice

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1. For a steady power output from a fission reactor, how many neutrons from each fission must on average go on to cause another fission?

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