PhET Simulation: Nuclear Fission

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This simulation provides qualitative analysis of alpha radiation, fission of a Uranium 235 nucleus, and controlled and uncontrolled nuclear chain reactions. Evolution of the processes over time is shown. Variables such as the number of nuclei and the containment of reactions can be altered to demonstrate the statistical nature of the reactions.

This simulation is part of a large and growing collection by PhET.

Please note that this resource requires at least version 1.4.2_17 of Java Applet Plug-in.

https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/nuclear-fission

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Modern Physics - Nuclear Physics = Nuclear Reactions = Radioactivity	- Lower Undergraduate - High School - Informal Education - Upper Undergraduate	- Instructional Material = Activity = Curriculum support = Interactive Simulation - Audio/Visual = Movie/Animation

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Access Rights:: Free access
License:: This material is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 license. Additional information is available.
Rights Holder:: PhET and University of Colorado
Keywords:: Alpha Radiation, Atom, Chain Reaction, Fission, Neutron, Nuclear Reactor, Proton, Uranium, nuclear power
Record Cloner:: Metadata instance created September 2, 2006 by Gifford Weber
Record Updated:: February 22, 2025 by Lyle Barbato
Last Update when Cataloged:: October 1, 2008
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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/introphys/items/detail.cfm?ID=4220">PhET. PhET Simulation: Nuclear Fission. Boulder: PhET, October 1, 2008.</a>

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(PhET, Boulder, 2005), WWW Document, (https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/nuclear-fission).

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PhET Simulation: Nuclear Fission (PhET, Boulder, 2005), <https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/nuclear-fission>.

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PhET Simulation: Nuclear Fission. (2008, October 1). Retrieved March 23, 2025, from PhET: https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/nuclear-fission

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PhET. PhET Simulation: Nuclear Fission. Boulder: PhET, October 1, 2008. https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/nuclear-fission (accessed 23 March 2025).

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PhET Simulation: Nuclear Fission. Boulder: PhET, 2005. 1 Oct. 2008. 23 Mar. 2025 <https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/nuclear-fission>.

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@misc{ Title = {PhET Simulation: Nuclear Fission}, Publisher = {PhET}, Volume = {2025}, Number = {23 March 2025}, Month = {October 1, 2008}, Year = {2005} }

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