fission reaction

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The lengthy gap speaks to the challenges of harnessing a fission reaction.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 11, 2023

That’s a process in which all control rods are inserted into the reactor core to stop the nuclear fission reaction and generation of heat and pressure.

From Washington Times • Jun. 13, 2023

That means control rods have been inserted into the reactor core to stop the nuclear fission reaction and generation of heat and pressure.

From New York Times • Jun. 10, 2023

So even though the fission reaction had stopped, heat was still being produced by the radioactive material inside the reactor cores.

From Salon • Mar. 1, 2023

It is estimated that more than 500 megatons of nuclear yield were detonated in the atmosphere between 1945 and 1971, about half of this yield being produced by a fission reaction.

From Worldwide Effects of Nuclear War: Some Perspectives by U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency