What Is Nuclear Fission? | Radioactivity | Physics | FuseSchool

How does a nuclear reactor provide energy? What causes a nuclear meltdown? And how do we make this safe?

All of these questions are answered in this 'Radioactivity' video from The Fuse School GCSE / K12.

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[Shonade_Malik]

I'm just a 9th grader learning this purely out of interest. Thank you for your great explanation!

[Matthyow]

If you use the phrase splits 'atoms' in an exam you won't get credit. You must state 'nucleus'. From a physics teacher.

[asifmahmoud]

You taught me in only few minutes whereas i was spending hours on it.Thank u so much.

[georgiap]

This was so so useful, a life saver! I completely understand this now, thank you so much!

[faizjunaid]

You are the best I understood very quickly continue 🎉

[SethKofig]

very good explanations. thanks very much.

[JBiggsNewJersey]

Very good video, wish you could go into an hour's worth of detail!

[MEVDhanuprakashD]

Which material neutrons is used to strike the uranium atoms??

[shashankchandra]

In Nuclear fission When the neutron hits the nucleus of u-235 certain particle's(either one of proton's or neutron's mass in u-235 nucleus is bieng converted to energy right??)But the question is is it one of proton in u-235 nucleus or one of neutron in u-235 nucleus???

[josephconfer]

They need to solve the fuel and energy storage equation then they will be commercially viable, could be a great way to power re usable rocket traffic over long distance space travel without excessive heat and could be stored in smaller spaces on board those ships.

[asdasasdasd]

nice vid, really clear and easy to understand :)

[aki-mzgc]

what happens to the electrons when an atom is undergong nuclear fission?

[koratjay]

which software to make such animation?

[dominicsanchez]

It's safe if you know how to do it properly. Like the navy

[savenawalker]

So I guess it’s worth the risk of a nuclear meltdown so people can feel cool in their electric cars 😂😭

[giudicepace]

you must consider a chain reaction as a violent irritation on the skin of a man.
how do you make to cure it?absorbing the
thats exactly what a "radiation absorber" does as absorbing pain and irritaion from the skin of that man.

[cdjm]

Yeah good video, but you lost my respect with "nucular"
It's not hard to say nuclear, (noo-klee-er) especially in a teaching video.