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3 years ago

Why do nuclear power plants use fission rather than fusion to generate

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2 answers:

wel3 years ago

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Answer:

Fusion requires very high pressure and temperature, as the other person said

Explanation:

kicyunya [14]3 years ago

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B. Fusion requires very high pressure and temperature.

Explanation:

Nuclear fusion is the combination of atomic nuclei into larger ones with the release of a large amount of energy.

Nuclear fission is the decay process in which a heavy nuclide is bombarded with with neutrons.

Both processes release a huge amount of energy.
But fusion produces far more energy.
The reason why nuclear fusion is not in use is because of the high pressure and temperature needed start it.
The activation energy is high and the energy barrier is very great.
Only the core of the sun naturally favors fusion

learn more:

transmutation brainly.com/question/3433940

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