fissionable

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Reporter Martin Fackler, who said that entering post-storm Fukushima was “like entering hell,” breaks down, step by step, what occurs inside a nuclear reactor when power is lost and the fissionable material can’t be cooled.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

Oppenheimer once called the atomic bomb “a weapon for aggressors” wherein “the elements of surprise and terror are as intrinsic to it as are the fissionable nuclei.”

From Washington Times • Jul. 19, 2023

The uranium in these fuel particles is enriched to increase the level of the fissionable U-235 isotope above 15%.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 8, 2021

When the pieces came together, they created a supercritical mass of fissionable, explosive uranium.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 16, 2020

Their task was to choose the most effective method for producing the fissionable fuel for an atomic bomb from among five options, none of which was appreciably better than the others.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik