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The rest are thought to originate through slow neutron capture, or the s-process—a relatively well-understood sequence of reactions that occurs in long-lived, low-mass stars.

From Scientific American • Jan. 9, 2023

The slow neutron process was the basis of the early nuclear reactors; without it, there could have been no plutonium.

From Time Magazine Archive

Fermi and Segrè collaborated with three other Italian scientists in perfecting the slow neutron process that was essential to the production of the atomic bomb.

From Time Magazine Archive