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In the diagram of a boiling water nuclear fission reactor, steam turns a turbine, which powers a generator to create electricity. What process is used to create the steam?

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A. Nuclear fuel rods and control rods inside a tank of water interact to create a fission reaction boils the water to create steam.

B. Uranium pellets are added to the water, and cadmium control rods control the rate they are added to the water. The energy from the pellets makes the water boil to create steam.

C. Control rods are inserted into the water to start the fission chain reaction begins, water boils and is turned into steam.

D. inside the reactor, enriched uranium produces heat energy from a fission chain reaction that boils the water to create steam. The control rods inside are used to control the rate of the fission reaction.

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D

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The enriched uranium produces heat from a fission chain reaction that boils the water, and the control rods control the rate of the reaction; D.
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