Santa Clara County is included in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA Combined Statistical Area.
nuclear fission involves the splitting of a heavy nucleus into lighter nuclei while nuclear fusion involves the combining of light nuclei into a single heavier nucleus both processes produce vast amounts of energy but each has its own unique set of advantages and disadvantages as an energy source
â¢ Explain how a nuclear reactor works and how the chain reaction is controlled â¢ Explain the difference between fission and fusion â¢ Explain the advantages of generating energy by fusion and why we currently are not taking advantage of fusion as an energy source.