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Explain why, in a nuclear reactor, the chain reaction stops if the control rods are fully inserted into the graphite.

In a nuclear reactor, the chain reaction stops if the control rods are fully inserted into the graphite because the control rods absorb all the neutrons, and hence stopping the nuclear chain reaction.


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