Statistics for Nuclear Physics

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Splitting atomic nuclei	Nuclear {Fission}	100%
Combining atomic nuclei	Nuclear {Fusion}	100%
Natural Degeneration of Unstable Nuclei	Nuclear/Radioactive {Decay}	80%
Building Blocks of Nucleons	Quarks	63%
Main Fissile Radionuclide	U-235	48%
Most Common Isotope of Uranium	U-238	48%
Most Radioactive, Naturally-Occurring Element (Discovered by Marie Curie)	Radium	45%
Carbon emission of nuclear energy (%)	0%	28%
Speed of slow-moving Neutron	2km/s	28%
Name of Deadly Plutonium Core	{Demon} Core	25%
Name for Missing Mass in Atoms	Mass Defect	23%
Unit of Energy commonly used for Nuclear Reactions	Mega Electron Volts	20%
Most Radioactive Element (Very Heavy)	Oganesson	20%
Highest Binding Energy (per Nucleon) Isotope	Fe-56	18%
Main Fissile Radionuclide #2	Pu-239 / Pu-241	18%
Unit of measurement for Cross Sections	Barn(s)	15%
Only Isotope that cannot Fission	H-1 / Protium	15%
Word describing the likelihood of Neutron Absorption / Fission / Scattering	Nuclear {Cross Section}	13%
Name of Nuclear Boyscout	David {Hahn}	5%
Isotope that U-238 beta decays into post neutron absorption	Np-239	5%