splitting the atom
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Today, all nuclear plants are powered by fission, the process of splitting the atom.
From Barron's • Jan. 23, 2026
Researchers there were the first to generate electricity from splitting the atom back in 1951, and countless scientists have since visited the remote site to test reactor designs.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 11, 2023
Almost no one linked that possibility to the massive scientific breakthrough of splitting the atom.
From Salon • Oct. 8, 2023
But apart from identifying who actually understood the science, it was the implications of splitting the atom in 1939 that was about to truly test their relationship.
From Scientific American • Sep. 14, 2023
It was Rutherford who had assigned Cockcroft the task of splitting the atom and personally paired him with Walton.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
