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These nuclear fission reactors are less than a third of the size and power output of conventional reactors.
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IEEE Spectrum, 29 Dec. 2025
This has been political nuclear fission.
—ABC News, 28 Dec. 2025
Compared with renewable sources of energy like solar and wind, nuclear fission reactors require a fraction of the land.
—Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 18 Dec. 2025
Whereas traditional nuclear fission energy creates power by splitting atoms, fusion uses heat to create energy by melding them together.
—Jordan Blum, Fortune, 18 Dec. 2025
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IEEE Spectrum, 29 Dec. 2025
This has been political nuclear fission.
—ABC News, 28 Dec. 2025
Compared with renewable sources of energy like solar and wind, nuclear fission reactors require a fraction of the land.
—Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 18 Dec. 2025
Whereas traditional nuclear fission energy creates power by splitting atoms, fusion uses heat to create energy by melding them together.
—Jordan Blum, Fortune, 18 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for nuclear fission
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“Nuclear fission.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nuclear%20fission. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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