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• Fission product — Fission products are the atomic fragments left after a large nucleus fissions. Typically, a large nucleus like Uranium fissions by splitting into two smaller nuclei, along with a few neutrons and a large release of energy in the form of heat… …   Wikipedia

• Fission — Fis sion, n. [L. fissio. See {Fissure}.] 1. A cleaving, splitting, or breaking up into parts. [1913 Webster] 2. (Biol.) A method of asexual reproduction among the lowest (unicellular) organisms by means of a process of self division, consisting… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• nuclear fission — fission (def. 2). [1885 90] * * * Division of a heavy atomic nucleus into two fragments of roughly equal mass, accompanied by the release of a large amount of energy, the binding energy of the subatomic particles. The energy released in the… …   Universalium

• fission — 1. The act of splitting, e.g., amitotic division of a cell or its nucleus. 2. Splitting of the nucleus of an atom. [L. fissio, a cleaving, fr. findo, pp. fissus, to cleave] binary f. simple f. in which the two new cells are approximately equal in …   Medical dictionary

• fission — /fish euhn/, n. 1. the act of cleaving or splitting into parts. 2. Also called nuclear fission. Physics. the splitting of the nucleus of an atom into nuclei of lighter atoms, accompanied by the release of energy. Cf. fusion (def. 4). 3. Biol. the …   Universalium

• fission — fis•sion [[t]ˈfɪʃ ən[/t]] n. 1) the act of cleaving or splitting into parts 2) phs the splitting of the nucleus of an atom into nuclei of lighter atoms, accompanied by the release of energy 3) dvl the division of a biological organism into new… …   From formal English to slang

• fission — /ˈfɪʃən / (say fishuhn) noun 1. the act of cleaving or splitting into parts. 2. Biology the division of an organism into new organisms as a process of reproduction. 3. Physics the splitting of the nucleus of a heavy atom, as uranium, to form the… …  

• Nuclear fission — For the generation of electrical power by fission, see Nuclear power. Splitting the atom redirects here. For the EP, see Splitting the Atom. Nuclear physics Radioactive decay Nuclear fission Nuclear fusio …   Wikipedia

• Nuclear fission product — Nuclear fission products are the atomic fragments left after a large atomic nucleus fissions. Typically, a large nucleus like that of uranium fissions by splitting into two smaller nuclei, along with a few neutrons and a large release of energy… …   Wikipedia

• Nuclear Waste Policy Act — During the first 40 years that nuclear waste was being created in the United States, no legislation was enacted to manage its disposal. Nuclear waste, some of which remains dangerously radioactive with a half life of more than one million years,… …   Wikipedia

• Actinide — The atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki had a plutonium charge.[1] The actinide or actinoid (IUPAC nomenclature) series encompasses the 15 metallic chemical elements with atomic numbers from 89 to 103, actinium thro …   Wikipedia