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The neutron flux is a quantity used in nuclear reactor physics corresponding to the total length travelled by all neutrons per unit time and volume, or nearly equivalently number of neutrons travelling through unit area in unit time.
ScienceFissionable materials that have been enriched to such a composition that, when placed in a nuclear reactor, will support a self sustaining fission chain reaction, producing heat in a controlled manner for process use.
ScienceThe nuclear process whereby several small nuclei are combined to make a larger one whose mass is slightly smaller than the sum of the small ones. Nuclear fusion is the reaction that fuels the Sun, where hydrogen nuclei are fused to form helium.
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