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The energy released by the nuclear fission process is then used to heat water into steam, which is then used to spin a turbine and create energy.
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Kylie Martin, Detroit Free Press, 28 Mar. 2024
But even if the world falls short of meeting the capacity numbers, the target’s real value may lie in spurring the world to embrace nuclear fission as one of many solutions for decarbonizing the grid.
—IEEE Spectrum, 23 Jan. 2024
In 2020, the official Nobel Prize account on X, formerly known as Twitter, acknowledged that both Hahn and Meitner discovered nuclear fission.
—Katrina Miller, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2023
However, the plutonium didn’t necessarily come from reactor No. 3--the reactors that use only uranium fuel also produce some plutonium as a byproduct of the nuclear fission reaction.
—IEEE Spectrum, 16 Mar. 2011
Nuclear energy Nuclear energy is produced by nuclear fission, when the nucleus of an atom splits apart into two smaller atoms and releases a boatload of energy.
—Kylie Martin, Detroit Free Press, 28 Mar. 2024
The parallels between nuclear fission and superintelligence were taken to be obvious: world-altering potential, existential risk, theoretical research thrust into the geopolitical spotlight.
—Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
Zaporizhzhia is different because the plant’s six Soviet-era reactors were put into semi-shutdown to stop the nuclear fission reaction and generation of heat and pressure shortly after the start of the war.
—Richard Engel, NBC News, 22 Feb. 2024
The first step went fine: To stop the nuclear fission chain reaction, control rods with neutron-absorbing properties were inserted among the fuel rods.
—IEEE Spectrum, 16 Mar. 2011
Kylie Martin, Detroit Free Press, 28 Mar. 2024
But even if the world falls short of meeting the capacity numbers, the target’s real value may lie in spurring the world to embrace nuclear fission as one of many solutions for decarbonizing the grid.
—IEEE Spectrum, 23 Jan. 2024
In 2020, the official Nobel Prize account on X, formerly known as Twitter, acknowledged that both Hahn and Meitner discovered nuclear fission.
—Katrina Miller, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2023
However, the plutonium didn’t necessarily come from reactor No. 3--the reactors that use only uranium fuel also produce some plutonium as a byproduct of the nuclear fission reaction.
—IEEE Spectrum, 16 Mar. 2011
Nuclear energy Nuclear energy is produced by nuclear fission, when the nucleus of an atom splits apart into two smaller atoms and releases a boatload of energy.
—Kylie Martin, Detroit Free Press, 28 Mar. 2024
The parallels between nuclear fission and superintelligence were taken to be obvious: world-altering potential, existential risk, theoretical research thrust into the geopolitical spotlight.
—Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
Zaporizhzhia is different because the plant’s six Soviet-era reactors were put into semi-shutdown to stop the nuclear fission reaction and generation of heat and pressure shortly after the start of the war.
—Richard Engel, NBC News, 22 Feb. 2024
The first step went fine: To stop the nuclear fission chain reaction, control rods with neutron-absorbing properties were inserted among the fuel rods.
—IEEE Spectrum, 16 Mar. 2011
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