Nuclear Physics

3. The component of fission reactor which slows down neutrons. [9]
6. State of matter inside a fusion reactor. [6]
7. Element often used to make control rods in a fission reactor. [5]
8. About 5700 years for some carbon atoms. [4,4]
10. The amount of energy required to break down a nucleus to its constituent nucleons. [7,6]
11. A proton or a neutron. [7]
13. Element often used in the fuel rods of fission reactors. [7]
14. Name of typical design for a magnetic confinement fusion reactor. [7]
15. Type of force that holds the nucleus together. [6,7]

1. The most infamous nuclear incident occurred here.
2. The particle emitted when a proton decays into a neutron. [4,4]
4. The process of a unstable nucleus splitting into two lighter nuclei. [7]
5. Term used to describe a process where one of the products is also one of the reactants. [5, 8]
9. Most stable element in terms of its binding energy per nucleon. [4]
12. Einstein was the first scientist to suggest energy-mass _______________ [11]