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: In a [[Nuclear Reactor|nuclear reactor]] on [[Mean Average|average]] 1 [[Nuclear Fission|fission]] [[neutron]] from each [[Nuclear Fission|fission]] event goes on to cause one more [[Nuclear Fission|fission]] event. This results in a constant release of [[energy]].
: A '''nuclear chain reaction''' can only happen if enough [[Thermal Neutron|thermal neutron]]s are produced from the [[Nuclear Fission|fission]] events.
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| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |The [[neutron]]s released from one [[Nuclear Fission|fission]] event go on to cause at least one other [[Nuclear Fission|fission]] event in a '''chain reaction'''.
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