Across
- 2. amount of time it takes for a given isotope to lose half of its radioactivity (half-life)
- 5. atoms fuse together- happens on sun.
- 6. of atoms stopped by aluminum foil.
- 8. Building
- 12. radiation link but didn't escape containment building
- 14. contaminated
- 15. Rods
- 16. energy released from unstable elements
Down
- 1. vessel
- 2. Mile Island
- 3. concrete that is reinforced with thick steel bars.
- 4. you use that provides energy
- 7. meltdown
- 9. reaction where atoms split
- 10. of time it takes for an element to lose 1/2 radioactivity
- 11. used in power plant for fission
- 12. lives lost :(
- 13. up and down in between the fuel rods or fuel assemblies in the reactor core.