Radiation safety and nuclear energy

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Question 34
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Figure 3 shows a diagram of a nuclear fission reactor core.

Diagram of a nuclear fission reactor core showing control rods made of boron suspended above and partially inserted between uranium-235 fuel rods.

Explain how lowering the control rods deeper into the reactor core decreases the rate of the nuclear chain reaction.

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