Nuclear Energy

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Across
  1. 6. is dust and ash propelled into the atmosphere following a nuclear blast.
  2. 8. when the fuel and control rods physically begin to melt due to the heat surge within the reactor
  3. 10. Neutral, no charge, inside the nucleus
  4. 11. the splitting of the nucleus into two smaller fragments
  5. 12. involves depositing the waste deep below the Earth’s crust in stable rock formations
  6. 13. uses the waste as fuel in a different type of reactor, which converts it to a less-dangerous waste
Down
  1. 1. spontaneous breaking apart of istopes, emitting energy and particles
  2. 2. made of a neutron-absorbing material, are placed amongst the fuel rods.
  3. 3. Nuclei of same element with diff. #of neutrons
  4. 4. negative charge, outside the nucleus
  5. 5. positive charge, inside the nucleus
  6. 7. Uranium ore is enriched and formed into ___.
  7. 9. The fuel pellets are stacked into long, cylindrical ___.