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• Nuclear shell modelRelated: Shell effects in fissioning nuclei helped show that nuclear energy depends on level structure.

• NeutronRelated: Neutrons can initiate fission and the released neutrons can sustain a chain reaction.

• Island of stabilityRelated: Shell effects can raise barriers against fission, one route by which superheavy nuclei decay.

• Nuclear binding energyRelated: Fission can release energy when its products have greater binding energy per nucleon.

• Nuclear reactorRelated: Fission releases the heat and neutrons that sustain most power reactors.

• Atomic nucleusRelated: It is a major pathway by which nuclear binding energy becomes available.

• Ernest RutherfordRelated: Rutherford’s nuclear science preceded the later discovery of fission and its technological consequences.

• Nuclear weaponRelated: It supplies the explosive energy in fission weapons and many thermonuclear designs.

• Nuclear physicsRelated: It converts nuclear binding energy into energetic fragments and can sustain a chain reaction.

• Enrico FermiRelated: Fission supplied the neutrons and energy that made Chicago Pile-1 self-sustaining.

• Extended periodic tableRelated: Fission competes with survival in the nuclei proposed for the table’s far end.

• Werner HeisenbergRelated: Fission made Heisenberg’s wartime nuclear research consequential, though Germany did not build an atomic bomb.

• Mass–energy equivalenceRelated: The products have slightly less mass than the initial nucleus; the difference emerges as energy.

• RadioactivityRelated: Fission creates radioactive products and can sustain a chain reaction.

• ActinideRelated: Some actinide isotopes can fission, linking their nuclear structure to energy production and weapons.

• Glenn T. SeaborgRelated: Fission products helped reveal plutonium’s nuclear behavior and practical significance.

• Nuclear falloutRelated: Fission products are major sources of radioactivity in fallout.

• Uranium-238Related: Uranium-238 can fission when struck by fast neutrons, unlike its familiar fissile counterpart.

• Nuclear transmutationRelated: Fission fragments are new elements, and released neutrons can induce further transmutations.

• PlutoniumRelated: Fission of certain plutonium isotopes releases energy and can sustain a chain reaction.

• J. Robert OppenheimerRelated: Fission supplied the chain reactions behind the uranium and plutonium bombs developed at Los Alamos.

• Nuclear forceRelated: Fission occurs when nuclear binding favors separated fragments over a heavy nucleus.

• UraniumRelated: Fission of uranium-235 releases the energy used in reactors and nuclear weapons.

• NuclideRelated: Fission transforms heavy nuclides and can sustain a chain reaction.

• NucleonRelated: Fission rearranges nucleons into more tightly bound products and can sustain a chain reaction.

• Atomic theoryRelated: Nuclear theory explains the energy released when atomic nuclei divide.

• Castle BravoRelated: Fission in Bravo’s uranium tamper contributed substantially to its yield and radioactive debris.

• Cloud chamberRelated: Cloud-chamber experiments helped visualize charged fragments produced by nuclear reactions.

• Enrichment of uraniumRelated: Uranium-235’s fissile character underlies many uses of enriched uranium.

• Nuclear fuelRelated: Fission is the energy-releasing process used by most operating nuclear reactors.

• UnunenniumRelated: Rapid fission competes with survival of the short-lived nuclei sought in element 119 experiments.

• Element discoveryRelated: Fission can produce rare nuclei that serve as targets or products in element-synthesis experiments.

• James ChadwickRelated: Neutrons later made it possible to induce and sustain fission in heavy nuclei.

• Transuranium elementRelated: Fission competes with the survival of many heavy transuranium nuclei.

• Pressurized water reactorRelated: Fission in the core supplies the heat that the pressurized coolant carries away.

• R-processRelated: Fission can recycle the heaviest r-process nuclei into new capture chains.

• UnbiniliumRelated: Spontaneous fission may destroy element-120 nuclei before they can be detected.

• Spent nuclear fuelRelated: Fission in a reactor creates the radioactive products that remain in discharged fuel.

• Strong nuclear forceRelated: Fission rearranges nucleons into products with greater total binding energy.

• Critical massRelated: Fission supplies the neutrons whose continued production defines criticality.

• Thermonuclear weaponRelated: A fission primary commonly supplies the initial energy and radiation for fusion staging.

• Chicago Pile-1Related: Fission in uranium supplied the neutrons and heat that sustained the pile’s reaction.

• Fissile materialRelated: Fission releases the neutrons that can continue a reaction in fissile material.

• Ivy MikeRelated: Fission powered the primary that initiated the staged thermonuclear explosion.

• Mass defectRelated: The products’ lower total mass accounts for the energy released in fission.

• Nuclear magic numberRelated: Shell effects influence the energy landscape and fragment distributions in fission.

• Boiling water reactorRelated: Fission in the fuel supplies the heat that boils the reactor’s water.

• Hydrogen bombRelated: Fission initiates the explosion and can contribute substantially to its total yield.

• Leo SzilardRelated: Fission supplies the neutrons and energy needed for the chain reaction Szilard proposed.

• TechnetiumRelated: Fission of uranium and plutonium produces technetium isotopes in reactors.