fission

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The fusion process creates energy by joining atoms together, while nuclear fission creates energy when atoms are split apart.

From The Wall Street Journal

But nuclear fission does create waste, in the form of radioactive isotopes.

From Literature

As part of its energy surge, China has pushed rapid investment into the only technology that currently can decarbonize the planet at scale: nuclear fission and fusion.

From The Wall Street Journal

Knowing his love of spy novels, they figured he was joking about the Soviets having an actual fission device hidden in the Soviet embassy in Washington.

From Literature

In the longer term, Google is looking toward nuclear fusion as opposed to fission: While the latter is used currently in power plants, the former can provide much more energy in a potentially safer process.

From The Wall Street Journal