nuclear fission

noun

physics
: a process in which the nucleus of a heavy atom is split apart

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The Trump government appears to have taken another giant step toward uranium mining by another new executive order on May 23 that prioritized nuclear fission reactors, traditional and SMRs (small modular reactors). Ian Dexter Palmer, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025 In 2023, the U.K. Space Agency funded its work on integrated nuclear fission power systems for electric propulsion, developed in collaboration with numerous institutions, including the University of Cambridge. Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025 That, to us, says buckle up and get comfortable with nuclear fission. Leonard David, Space.com, 17 May 2025 On Earth, all nuclear power plants operate through nuclear fission: splitting atoms to generate an enormous amount of energy. Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for nuclear fission

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