a. What are reasons behind the decline in the use of nuclear energy? b. Why is uranium-235, and not uranium-238, the usual fuel of nuclear reactors? c. What is the role of control rods in a nuclear reactor? NENCEDEPT O

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Writing and Balancing Nuclear Equations

A nuclear equation is a symbolic representation of a nuclear reaction using certain symbols. It is studied in nuclear chemistry and nuclear physics.