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We determine the amount of energy released in a fission reaction and determine the form of the general solution to the reactor equation inside a cubic reactor core.

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(f) Calculate the energy E released when a thermal neutron is captured by the nucleus of a atom that then fissions to produce and two neutrons.

Atomic masses:
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We also have:
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The energy released is given ...

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