The heat needed to create the large amounts of steam is created in the reactor's core. In the core are fuel rods made of stainless steel. These fuel rods contain pellets of U-235. There are also moderators made of carbon or heavy water (H20 and deuterium) which are used to slow down the flow of electrons to the fuel rods. If the electrons are moving slow en

ough, the neutron reaches the fuel rods containing the U-235 pellets and fission occurs. Fission takes place when an atom's nucleus splits and causes a nuclear reaction. When a free neutron splits a nucleus, energy is released along with other free neutrons. A free neutron from the nucleus that just split splits another nucleus, and so on and so on. This process is called a chain reaction. The fission process is used to create heat, which boils water inside the nuclear reactor. Fission happens while being carefully monitored by a plant manager. If the reaction is getting out of control, ten control rods are used to slow it down. Control rods are made of boron or cadmium stainless steel and easily absorb neutrons, disabling them from heightening the reaction. The insertion and excerption of the control rods into the core is controlled by

The steam produced in the water boiler rises and activates the steam turbine and then passes t

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