Q4(a) Discuss a typical nuclear fusion process with neat sketches.
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- What are some possible malfunctions that could happen in a nuclear reactor? Malfunctions like nuclear core meltdown, accidents that could happen due to disfunctioning parts of nuclear reactor ( such as nuclear waste disporsal problem would not count as "malfunction").Discuss, and make a comparison of, pollution by conventional fossil-fuel power plants and nuclear-fission power plants. Consider thermal pollution, chemical pollution, and radioactive pollution.33. The core of a thermal reactor consists of a sphere, 50cm in radius, that contains a homogeneous mixture of 25°U and ordinary H,O. This core is surrounded by infinite thick H2O reflector. (a) What is the reflector savings ? (b) What is the critical mass? (c) If the maximum thermal flux is 1 x 1013 neutrons/cm2-sec, at what power is the reactor operating? [ Hint: compute the M2 for core assuming the reactor is bare and of radius 50 cm. Use this value of M to estimate & and then compute new M assuming reactor is bare and of radius 50 + 6. Interate until convergence is obtained.]