4: Nuclear Power Last updated Jun 20, 2022 Save as PDF 3.4.6: Even sadder news 4.1: A Note from the Author Page ID84593 ( \newcommand{\kernel}{\mathrm{null}\,}\) 4.1: A Note from the Author4.2: Nuclear Physics- Brief Review of Fundamental Facts4.3: Radioactive Decay4.3.1: Energy Units in Nuclear Physics4.3.2: The Decay Constants and Half-Lives4.4: Nuclear Cross Sections4.5: Nuclear Fission4.5.1: Fission and Fusion Energy4.5.2: How to calculate the mass defect?4.5.3: Energy Released by the Fission of a Single Nucleus4.5.4: Nuclear Fusion4.6: Controlling the Fission Chain Reaction- Nuclear Reactors4.6.1: Essential Cross Sections4.6.2: No magic tricks are necessary!4.6.3: Controlling the Chain Reaction and Cooling the Assembly4.6.4: Power Reactors4.6.5: Generation IV Reactors and Thorium Fuel4.7: NuScale’s Small Modular Reactors – an Oregon-born Project4.8: The Pros and Cons of Nuclear Power