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Given the reaction  and they are part of a chain reaction in a fission power reactor running at barely critical, we are asked what would happen on average to the three produced neutrons.

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Nuclear fission is the phenomenon where a heavy nucleus splits into two or more fragments. A number of physicists recognized that the neutrons released in each fission could be used to create a chain reaction. That is, one neutron initially causes one fission of a uranium nucleus; the two or three neutrons released can go on to cause additional fission, so the process multiplies.

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