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Why is large scale nuclear fission a rare phenomenon on earth ?

Why is large scale nuclear fission a rare phenomenon on earth ?-example-1
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Answer: C

Step-by-step explanation:

Atoms that undergo fission aren’t concentrated enough to sustain a chain reaction.

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The correct answer is option C.

Step-by-step explanation:

The radioisotopes in the Earth's interior are not in pure form and exhibit various entrenched impurities and are interspersed. Thus, when a neutron is discharged by a decaying atom, its occurrences of hitting another atom of radioisotope in order to continue the chain reaction becomes lower in comparison to the man-made nuclear reactor. In this manner, the radioactive chain reaction in the interior of the Earth is not well-sustained.

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