A nuclear reactor is a device that can manage a self-sustaining series of nuclear-fission reactions. Neutrons freed in one reaction may hit other heavy nuclei, causing them to split. Fission is the process in which a nucleus splits into two smaller pieces. A large amount of energy is released in this process. In a nuclear reactor the chain reaction is maintained at a steady pace. The rate of this chain reaction is controlled by materials, …showed first 75 words of 603 total…

…showed last 75 words of 603 total…theory, introduced in 1923 by the Danish chemist Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted and the English chemist Thomas Martin Lowry. They stated that any compound that can transfer a proton to any other compound is an acid, and the compound that accepts the proton is a base. So in conclusion reactors and breeder reactors have helped to make our lives easier by producing energy and have helped to cure millions all over the world.