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...ty]]. Usually, nuclear power plants use the [[heat]] energy derived from [[nuclear fission]] reactions to generate [[steam]], which in turn is used to generate power. ...wed closely by other countries. The first "assembly" where a controlled [[nuclear fission chain reaction]] was conducted was the [[Chicago Pile-1]] assembled and tes

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...is used to generate electrical power). Nuclear reactions are controlled [[nuclear fission]] [[Chain reaction/Definition|chain reaction]]s with a [[neutron]] flux. R ==Fundamentals of nuclear fission reactors==

...in a [[nuclear reactor]], often in the form of control rods which increase nuclear fission when withdrawn and decrease fission when inserted. Neutrons produced from [[nuclear fission]] have an average energy of 2 MeV, but immediately begin to slow as they in

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...the story of energy from the discovery of fire to the current debate over nuclear fission.

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...study artificial [[radioactivity]], opening the way to the discovery of [[nuclear fission]]. In the 1930s he established a famous school of nuclear physics in [[Rome ...m at Stagg Field at the University of Chicago, demonstrating the theory of nuclear fission, and the feasibility of producing [[plutonium]] for an atomic bomb. He col

...active'. Nuclei can radiate spontaneously or can be induced to do so by [[nuclear fission]] (splitting of the nucleus) or [[nuclear fusion]] (merging of nuclei). En

...both immediate and delayed (i.e., fallout) ionizing radiation by means of nuclear fission or nuclear fusion.<ref name=Glasstone>{{citation ...es dispersed by conventional explosives or other means that do not involve nuclear fission or fusion at the point of delivery. They are not known to have been used t

#Nuclear fission in nuclear energy facilities, and released through accidents such as [[Thre

...new elements to be isolated. For more details of the original discovery of nuclear fission see the work of [[Otto Hahn]].<ref>Meitner L, Frisch OR (1939) Disintegrati

...device''' is any assembly of components that can produce an explosion from nuclear fission of weapons-purity nuclear fuel. A '''fission bomb''' can be dropped from an From a nontechnical standpoint, '''nuclear fission''' is the mechanism that causes the intense energy release of a fission wea