fission
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Existing U.S. nuclear plants, which provide an estimated 18% of the country’s electricity, rely on fission, which splits atoms.
From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026
“There’s really strong bipartisan support for regulation on fusion power plants that does not mirror what’s done on fission power plants,” Beyer said.
From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026
Unlike fission, nuclear fusion generates “no long-lived radioactive waste,” Bechtel says, and unlike fossil fuels, it doesn’t involve burning finite resources and creating carbon emissions.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
"We therefore needed an energy acceptor that selectively captures the multiplied triplet excitons after fission."
From Science Daily • Mar. 28, 2026
They figured out how many of the neutrons hit uranium atoms and caused fission.
From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin
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