• Look up fission in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Fission, a splitting of something into two or more parts, may refer to: Fission (biology), the division...
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    Nuclear fission is a reaction in which the nucleus of an atom splits into two or more smaller nuclei. The fission process often produces gamma photons...
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  • Fission, in biology, is the division of a single entity into two or more parts and the regeneration of those parts to separate entities resembling the...
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    Nuclear weapon (redirect from Fission bomb)
    destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission (fission bomb) or a combination of fission and fusion reactions (thermonuclear bomb), producing...
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    A nuclear reactor is a device used to initiate and control a fission nuclear chain reaction or nuclear fusion reactions. Nuclear reactors are used at...
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    Spontaneous fission (SF) is a form of radioactive decay in which a heavy atomic nucleus splits into two or more lighter nuclei. In contrast to induced fission, there...
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    weapon to detonate. There are three existing basic design types: pure fission weapons are the simplest, least technically demanding, were the first nuclear...
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    Modern fusion weapons essentially consist of two main components: a nuclear fission primary stage (fueled by 235 U or 239 Pu ) and a separate nuclear fusion...
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    Nuclear fission products are the atomic fragments left after a large atomic nucleus undergoes nuclear fission. Typically, a large nucleus like that of...
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    Nuclear power (redirect from Fission power)
    nuclear fission, nuclear decay and nuclear fusion reactions. Presently, the vast majority of electricity from nuclear power is produced by nuclear fission of...
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