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📅 NSB Regional 2016🎓 HS🔄 Round 12#️⃣ Question 4❓ TOSS-UP✍️ Short Answer

After a nuclear reactor is shut down and fission stops, the fuel continues to produce a lower, but significant, amount of heat for several years. What is the term for this residual heat energy?

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