Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Physics

Chapter

Nuclei

Question:

In uncontrolled chain reaction, the quantity of energy released, is   

Options:

Very High

Very Low 

Normal

First A then B

Correct Answer:

Very High

Explanation:

We know that in the uncontrolled chain reaction, more than one of the neutrons produced in a particular fission cause further fissions so that the number of fissions increases very rapidly. Thus this is a very fast reaction and the whole substance is fissioned in a few moments.

A huge quantity of energy is released.