Neutron Production at DOE's High Flux Isotope Reactor (VIDEO)

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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Neutrons are produced at ORNL's High Flux Isotope Reactor through fission of uranium-235, an isotope used to sustain controlled chain reactions. When a U-235 atom absorbs a neutron, it splits, releasing energy and two or three more neutrons.

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Duncan Harryman/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy

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