nuclear fission

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Experts said that suggested fuel rods broke and leaked radioactive gas produced during nuclear fission.

From Seattle Times

Instead of collapsing, such heavy nuclei are prone to splitting, a reaction known as nuclear fission.

From Scientific American

Like a conventional nuclear fission power plant that splits atoms, a fusion plant would not burn fossil fuels and would not produce greenhouse-gas emissions.

From New York Times

Like conventional nuclear fission reactors, the process itself does not produce climate-warming carbon dioxide but fusion reactors cannot meltdown and produce much less radioactive waste.

From The Guardian

The isotopes were “certainly nuclear fission products, most likely from a civil source”, it said.

From Reuters