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nuclear fission

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Definition 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
  • Sarariman on subway listen For Sushi K like nuclear fission Fire-breathing lizard Cojiro He my always big-time hero His mutant rap burn down whole block Start investing now Sushi IC stock It on Nikkei stock exchange Waxes; other rappers wane Best investment, make my day Corporation Sushi K Squeaky is walking straight uphill, paralleling a fresh motorcycle track that has cut deeply into the loose yellow soil.
    Neal Stephenson  --  Snow Crash

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