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Waveform Audio File Format  |  1995-06-29  |  360.5 KB  |  1 channel  |  22,050 sample rate  |  33 seconds  |  [TEXT/LMAN]
Transcription: There are two types of nuclear reactions, nuclear fission and nuclear fusion. Nuclear power stations use fission to produce their energy. Fast-moving atomic particles called neutrons are fired at the nucleus center of an atom to split it. This splitting is called fission and it causes other atoms to split in a chain reaction. Some mass, the number of heavy particles inside an atom, is lost in the process. This is accompanied by the release of huge amounts of energy.