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Given a fission nuclear reactor and asked to state three problems that must be overcome to make a functioning fission nuclear reactor.

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If many fission reactions could occur in a short time, an enormous amount of energy at the macroscopic level would be available. 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. A self-sustaining chain reaction is possible with a nuclear reactor.

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