nuclear reaction

Nuclear power stations typically need about 3-5% of this enriched uranium to generate a controlled nuclear reaction that releases energy.

SMRs, sometimes called "mini nukes", work on the same principle as large reactors, using a nuclear reaction to generate heat that produces electricity.

The newest nuclear reaction - Sizewell B - came into service some 30 years ago.

Atoms split naturally, but in 1919, Rutherford oversaw the first artificially-induced nuclear reaction in human history at the Victoria University of Manchester's laboratories.

The amount of metals a supernova has also influences aspects like the number of nuclear reactions it may have or how long its explosion remains bright.