NOUN
- a nuclear reaction in which a massive nucleus splits into smaller nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy
How To Use nuclear fission In A Sentence
- An element discovered in 1982 has been named meitnerium to honor Lise Meitner (1878-1968), the Austrian-Swedish physicist and mathematician who discovered the element protactinium and made major contributions to the understanding of nuclear fission. Elements
- Faith in controlled nuclear fission is now being shown by the construction of atomic power stations.
- The most important are nuclear fission, wind, wave and tidal energy sources and solar energy by direct conversion and biomass.
- The radioactive gas xenon, which is often the byproduct of unexpected nuclear fission, was detected at the Fukushima Daiichi plant during tests. Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
- It proved to be to his customary slap what nuclear fission is to gunpowder. SOMEWHERE EAST OF LIFE
- The term 'nuclear materials' (also known as fissile materials) refers to the substances which, by undergoing rapid nuclear fission, provide the explosive energy of nuclear weapons. The Hindu - Front Page
- Nuclear fission would have been a dramatic discovery at any time.
- Nuclear energy is liberated as a result of nuclear fission.
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- Element 109 is named meitnerium, for Lise Meitner, who was the first to realize that uranium undergoes nuclear fission.
