Session Date
Lesson Topic
nuclear fuel
Lesson Outline
Discuss nuclear fuel use for electric production. Examine how electricity is produced by a turbine which is turned by steam power. Introduce the science of nuclear fission. Show how a uranium 235 atom is bombarded by a neutron, becomes unstable, and fissions into a barium atom and a krypton atom, with the release of 3 billion times more heat energy than an equal amount of coal.
Session Minutes
45
Minutes Student Attended
45
Session Hours
0.75
Hours Attended
0.75
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Review Status
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