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a nuclear reaction in which a massive nucleus splits into smaller nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy- In France, about 75% of electricity is produced through nuclear fission.
- One advantage to obtaining energy from nuclear fission is its small carbon footprint.
- Many people are frightened by nuclear fission because they associate it with bombs.
- Did you do a paper on the trigger principle of nuclear fission?Don DeLillo -- Underworld
- The shelter consideration had been decades ahead of its time; nuclear fission had then only been a theory, fusion hardly thought of at all.Tom Clancy -- The Hunt for Red October
- It releases energy with 100 percent efficiency (nuclear fission is 1.Dan Brown -- Angels & Demons
- He hosted the Disney broadcast called "Our Friend the Atom" and wrote a popular children's book with the same title, both of which made nuclear fission seem fun, instead of terrifying.Eric Schlosser -- Fast Food Nation
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