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Q1.
Nuclear power stations generate electricity through nuclear fission. Electricity can also be generated by burning shale gas.
(c) Describe the process of nuclear fission.
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A neutron is absorbed by a large nucleus.
This causes the nucleus to split into two smaller nuclei.
The process releases energy (and gamma rays).
It also releases two or three neutrons.
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