fissionable
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Reporter Martin Fackler, who said that entering post-storm Fukushima was “like entering hell,” breaks down, step by step, what occurs inside a nuclear reactor when power is lost and the fissionable material can’t be cooled.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026
Oppenheimer once called the atomic bomb “a weapon for aggressors” wherein “the elements of surprise and terror are as intrinsic to it as are the fissionable nuclei.”
From Washington Times ● Jul. 19, 2023
The uranium in these fuel particles is enriched to increase the level of the fissionable U-235 isotope above 15%.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 8, 2021
When the pieces came together, they created a supercritical mass of fissionable, explosive uranium.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2020
The “alpha racetracks” like this one at Oak Ridge separated fissionable U-235 from natural uranium at a high volume, though not enough to build more than a single bomb.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
