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How is chain reaction controlled in a nuclear power plant? Chain reaction is controlled through using neutron absorbing materials as reactor control rods (of high neutron absorbing material), boron, and/or cadmium.
Today's nuclear power plants release energy by splitting up large atoms (in what's called nuclear fission); tomorrow's plants could work using an entirely different form of nuclear power where small atoms are forced together to make bigger ones.