nuclear fission
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When “nuclear energy” is discussed, it’s almost always in reference to nuclear fission, which generates energy by splitting atoms—and is the source of power for nuclear weapons and all of the nuclear generators in operation today.
Whereas atomic bombs are based on nuclear fission, H-bombs harness nuclear fusion, the melding of atomic nuclei, in conjunction with fission, resulting in much larger blasts.
How matter’s hidden complexity unleashed the power of nuclear physics | Emily Conover | April 8, 2021 | Science NewsIf enough uranium clumps together — about the mass of a grain of sand — it could initiate a chain of nuclear fission reactions, or the splitting of atomic nuclei.
Uranium ‘snowflakes’ could set off thermonuclear explosions of dead stars | Emily Conover | March 30, 2021 | Science NewsSome foreign power, concerned about this country's growing mastery of nuclear fission?
Twelve Times Zero | Howard Carleton BrowneIf it's not a new wrinkle in nuclear fission, it's a gun to shoot around corners and down winding staircases.
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British Dictionary definitions for nuclear fission
the splitting of an atomic nucleus into approximately equal parts, either spontaneously or as a result of the impact of a particle usually with an associated release of energy: Sometimes shortened to: fission Compare nuclear fusion
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