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Aims :

• To provide an understanding of the fission process.

Objectives :
By the end of this course the student will be able to:

• Define the terms: induced fission, fissile, fissionable and fertile.
• Sketch the graph of fission product yield against mass number for the fission of U-235 by slow neutrons, and relate this to other nuclides and incident neutron energies.
• Explain why fission products are radioactive and relate this to the production of decay heat.
• Specify the average number of neutrons emitted for the fission of U-235 and Pu-239 by slow neutrons, and describe how it varies with incident neutron energy for U-235.
• State the average energy of neutrons released in fission.
• Define prompt and delayed neutrons and state the proportion of delayed neutrons arising from thermal fission of U-235.
• State the average energy released in fission, describe how this is distributed and how it relates to reactor power.

  Course Modules:

Fission Fission Products The Emission of Neutrons Energy and Power Assessment