Nuclear Power Plants
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- 1. a unit of mass used to express atomic and molecular weights
- 5. when two atoms slam together to form a heavier atom
- 7. installation where electrical power is generated for distribution
- 8. occurs when a neutron slams into a larger atom,forcing it to excite and split into two smaller atoms
- 10. 92 protons and 92 electrons, of which 6 are valence electrons
- 13. center of an atom
- 14. negative charged ion
- 15. the emission of energy as electromagnetic waves or as moving subatomic particles, especially high-energy particles which cause ionization
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- 2. neutral charged ion
- 3. to house and control nuclear fission
- 4. (of a substance) consisting of uncombined atoms rather than molecules.
- 6. turbine a turbine in which a high-velocity jet of steam rotates a bladed disk or drum.
- 9. the release of energy from the decay of the nuclei of certain kinds of atoms and isotopes
- 11. positive charged ion
- 12. A nuclear power plant explosion in russia