fission
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Today, all nuclear plants are powered by fission, the process of splitting the atom.
From Barron's
It generates four times as much energy as fission, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency.
From Barron's
Today, all of the world’s nuclear energy is generated from fission, the process of splitting the nucleus of an atom.
From Barron's
The fusion process creates energy by joining atoms together, while nuclear fission creates energy when atoms are split apart.
But nuclear fission does create waste, in the form of radioactive isotopes.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
