nuclear 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 • Dec. 10, 2025
Left untouched, nuclear fission erupts into a runaway chain reaction that can heat the core of a nuclear plant to thousands of degrees, liquifying the metal around it into radioactive lava.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 25, 2024
Sam Altman, who also chairs Oklo, a nuclear fission microreactor start-up that’s set to go public this year, is backing the power source to satisfy the world’s growing energy needs, including from A.I.
From New York Times • Mar. 21, 2024
Because the process of nuclear fission does not burn or oxidize anything, nearly all the fuel used in producing energy at nuclear plants becomes waste without reducing its mass.
From Salon • Mar. 4, 2024
It can only be found in environments where nuclear fission is occurring—in nuclear weapons and nuclear power plants.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
