(i) What do you understand by the term nuclear fusion?(ii) Nuclear pow

1.	(i) What do you understand by the term nuclear fusion?(ii) Nuclear power plants use nuclear fission reaction to produce electricity. What is the advantage of producing electricity by fusion reaction?
Answer» (i) Nuclear fusion : When two light nuclei are combined to form single heavy nucleus with release of energy is called nuclear fusion. (ii) In fusion high energy per unit mass released than fission, therefore it is useful in producing

(i) What do you understand by the term nuclear fusion?(ii) Nuclear power plants use nuclear fission reaction to produce electricity. What is the advantage of producing electricity by fusion reaction?

Answer»

(i) Nuclear fusion : When two light nuclei are combined to form single heavy nucleus with release of energy is called nuclear fusion.

(ii) In fusion high energy per unit mass released than fission, therefore it is useful in producing