Appunti ed esercizi di Fisica del Reattore nucleare elaborati dell'ing. Giorgio Bertucelli.
a) A U-235 nucleus is bombarded by a neutron, resulting in its fission into barium 137 and krypton 97 nuclei. Write the reaction and compute the energy released.
b) A deuterium nucleus may be converted to a hydrogen nucleus by bombarding it with ? radiation, a process called "photodisintegration". Calculate the minimum energy for such conversion.
Appunti ed esercizi di Fisica del Reattore nucleare elaborati dell'ing. Giorgio Bertucelli.
A relatively stationery U235 nucleus is bombarded by a 1 MeV neutron, causing it to fission. Two neutrons are ejected and Xe¹4° appears as one of two fission fragments. Write the reaction and compute the energy released.
Solution
We anticipate the radioactive decay of the wo fission fragments: