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Question
The energy in the reactor of a nuclear power station is produced by the process of:
(a) nuclear diffusion
(b) nuclear fission
(c) nuclear fusion
(d) nuclear fermentation
Solution
nuclear fission
In a nuclear reactor, the controlled fission of uranium-235 produces a large amount of heat energy.
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