For my understanding, it would continue to heat a little while. because most of neutrons have been absorbed by the rod, and remaining neutrons still can cause fission. I guess the chain reaction is breaking down, and the residual heat still need to be leading-out.
Why does fuel continue to heat after the reactor is shut down, or more precisely why does decay heat occur?
For my understanding, it would continue to heat a little while. because most of neutrons have been absorbed by the rod, and remaining neutrons still can cause fission. I guess the chain reaction is breaking down, and the residual heat still need to be leading-out.
Most of the heat is the heat which is remained in the fuel,not the fission
Because a lot of the fission products are unstable isotopes themselves and they have a decay chain that releases energy.
We need more clean, cheap nuclear power. No green house gases, no polluting the air or water.
David Davison we working on that with fusion nuclear reaction The proportion of nuclear waste is significantly reduced