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With the ongoing dismantlement of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, the only remaining nuclear fission facility still generating electricity in California is the Diablo Canyon Power Plant near San Luis Obispo.
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Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Oct. 2025
Despite the discovery of nuclear fission by Otto Hahn in December 1938 and significant achievements of other German physicists and chemists in research on the structure of the atom, the Nazis were not rushing to put that research to use.
—Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
Cesium-137 is a radioactive byproduct of nuclear fission and, while not detected in the current Aquastar shrimp lots, exposure to the substance over time can increase cancer risk and cause cellular damage.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
Mowry was recruited to Gates’ Breakthrough from the more traditional nuclear fission world that makes up less than 10% of the global grid.
—Jordan Blum, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
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Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Oct. 2025
Despite the discovery of nuclear fission by Otto Hahn in December 1938 and significant achievements of other German physicists and chemists in research on the structure of the atom, the Nazis were not rushing to put that research to use.
—Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
Cesium-137 is a radioactive byproduct of nuclear fission and, while not detected in the current Aquastar shrimp lots, exposure to the substance over time can increase cancer risk and cause cellular damage.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
Mowry was recruited to Gates’ Breakthrough from the more traditional nuclear fission world that makes up less than 10% of the global grid.
—Jordan Blum, Fortune, 2 Oct. 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 Nov. 2025.
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