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