Why is a conventional fission nuclear reactor not explode

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1. Why can heavy nuclei with odd numbers of neutrons be induced to fission with thermal neutrons, whereas those with even numbers of neutrons require more energy input to induce fission?

2. Why is a conventional fission nuclear reactor not able to explode as a bomb?

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