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That, to us, says buckle up and get comfortable with nuclear fission.
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Leonard David, Space.com, 17 May 2025
On Earth, all nuclear power plants operate through nuclear fission: splitting atoms to generate an enormous amount of energy.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Apr. 2025
And unlike nuclear fission, there is no atomic waste involved.
—Ella Nilsen, CNN Money, 6 May 2025
Often called the holy grail of clean energy, nuclear fusion creates four times more energy per kilogram of fuel than traditional nuclear fission and 4 million times more than burning coal, with no greenhouse gasses or long-term radioactive waste.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 17 Mar. 2025
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Leonard David, Space.com, 17 May 2025
On Earth, all nuclear power plants operate through nuclear fission: splitting atoms to generate an enormous amount of energy.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Apr. 2025
And unlike nuclear fission, there is no atomic waste involved.
—Ella Nilsen, CNN Money, 6 May 2025
Often called the holy grail of clean energy, nuclear fusion creates four times more energy per kilogram of fuel than traditional nuclear fission and 4 million times more than burning coal, with no greenhouse gasses or long-term radioactive waste.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 17 Mar. 2025
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“Nuclear fission.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nuclear%20fission. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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