Crossword 2: Text Version

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This crossword has twelve words (four across and eight down). The words are arranged in a grid and cross in various places. Where two words cross, they share a letter.

Here are the clues, along with hints about how the words cross, to help you guess the answers. Try to guess each nuclear-related word in the puzzle before you check below if you got them all right!

Across:

4. Clue: The type of nuclear reaction in which atoms are split.

• The answer is a seven-letter word.
• The second letter of this word is the same as the fourth letter of the answer to 1-Down.
• The fourth letter of this word is the same as the fourth letter of the answer to 2-Down.
• The sixth letter of this word is the same as the fourth letter of the answer to 3-Down.

9. Clue: Nuclear safety regulations help protect both people and the (BLANK).

• The answer is an eleven-letter word, which will fill in the blank in the clue.
• The second letter of this word is the same as the fourth letter of the answer to 8-Down.
• The fourth letter of this word is the same as the fifth letter of the answer to 5-Down.
• The sixth letter of this word is the same as the eleventh letter of the answer to 3-Down.
• The ninth letter of this word is the same as the fifth letter of the answer to 6-Down.
• The last letter of this word is the same as the fifth letter of the answer to 7-Down.

11. Clue: This acronym stands for Canadian Deuterium Uranium.

• The answer is five letters.
• The fifth letter of this word is the same as the sixth letter of the answer to 8-Down.
  

12. Clue: This is the path an electron follows within an atom.

• The answer is a seven-letter word.
• The fourth letter of this word is the same as the eighth letter of the answer to 7-Down.
• The sixth letter of this word is the same as the third letter of the answer to 10-Down.

Down:

1. Clue: The type of nuclear reaction in which atoms are joined.

• The answer is a six-letter word.
• The fourth letter of this word is the same as the second letter of the answer to 4-Across.

2. Clue: In a nuclear reactor, fuel pellets are inserted into (BLANK), which are welded together into bundles.

• The answer is a four-letter word, which will fill in the blank in the clue.
• The last letter of this word is the same as the fourth letter of the answer to 4-Across.

3. Clue: This is the process of shutting down a nuclear reactor.

• The answer is a 15-letter word
• The fourth letter of this word is the same as the sixth letter of the answer to 4-Across.
• The eleventh letter of this word is the same as the sixth letter of the answer to 9-Across.

5. Clue: Radiation can take the form of both waves and (BLANK).

• The answer is a nine-letter word, which will fill in the blank in the clue.
• The fifth letter of this word is the same as the fourth letter of the answer to 9-Across.

6. Clue: A (BLANK) counter allows us to detect and measure radiation.

• The answer is a six-letter word, which will fill in the blank in the clue.
• The fifth letter of this word is the same as the ninth letter of the answer to 9-Across.

7. Clue: Protons, neutrons and electrons are all examples of this type of particle.

• The answer is a nine-letter word
• The fifth letter of this word is the same as the last letter of the answer to 9-Across.
• The eighth letter of this word is the same as the fourth letter of the answer to 12-Across.

8. Clue: This element, used as fuel in nuclear reactors, is mined in Canada.

• The answer is a seven-letter word.
• The fourth letter of this word is the same as the second letter of the answer to 9-Across.
• The sixth letter of this word is the same as the last letter of the answer to 11-Across.

10. Clue: Canada’s first nuclear reactor was built in (BLANK) River, Ontario.

• The answer is a five-letter word.
• The third letter of this word is the same as the sixth letter of the answer to 12-Across.

Answers:

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