nuclear fission
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The fusion process creates energy by joining atoms together, while nuclear fission creates energy when atoms are split apart.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 10, 2025
It will contain radioactive uranium split by nuclear fission, in a chain reaction which generates a lot of heat.
From BBC • Dec. 4, 2024
Left untouched, nuclear fission erupts into a runaway chain reaction that can heat the core of a nuclear plant to thousands of degrees, liquifying the metal around it into radioactive lava.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 25, 2024
Sam Altman, who also chairs Oklo, a nuclear fission microreactor start-up that’s set to go public this year, is backing the power source to satisfy the world’s growing energy needs, including from A.I.
From New York Times • Mar. 21, 2024
In nuclear fission, the goal is to split the nucleus of an atom in two.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
