question #2700
I have a physics paper here (don't worry i am not asking you for the answers!) that says each U-235 fission releases 206MeV like this:
Fission Fragmens: 166
Gamma photons : 15
antineutrinos: 12
beta particles: 8
neutrons: 5
from this I see that only 15Mev is really released as usable energy, the fragments are obviously still atoms, the antineutrinos just fly off somewhere, the beta particles are just electrons that will get absorbed somewhere and the neutrons hang around to initiate more fissions. Also I see no heat being produced. So what is used in nuclear reactors to boil the water?
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