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The 146 pages that link to Nuclear fission, each with the reason it gives.

• Manhattan ProjectNarrower topic: Fission supplied the energy release that made the project’s weapons possible.

• Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and NagasakiNarrower topic: Both bombs released energy through chain reactions involving nuclear fission.

• Uranium-235Narrower topic: Uranium-235 releases energy when its nucleus splits after absorbing a neutron.

• Radioactive wasteNarrower topic: Fission produces radioactive fragments that become major components of reactor waste.

• Lise MeitnerNarrower topic: This is the process Meitner and Frisch explained after Hahn and Strassmann’s experiments.

• Nuclear chain reactionNarrower topic: The discovery of fission revealed a physical process capable of producing neutron multiplication.

• Trinity testNarrower topic: Fission initiated the chain reaction that powered Trinity’s explosion.

• Spontaneous fissionNarrower topic: Spontaneous fission is the untriggered mode of this broader nuclear process.

• Plutonium-239Narrower topic: A plutonium-239 nucleus can fission after absorbing a neutron, releasing energy and further neutrons.

• ThoriumNarrower topic: Fission releases energy from uranium-233 bred from thorium.

• Nuclear safetyNarrower topic: Fission supplies reactor heat and creates the possibility of an uncontrolled chain reaction.

• HiroshimaNarrower topic: Fission in the bomb’s uranium released the energy that devastated Hiroshima.

• NagasakiNarrower topic: Fat Man released explosive energy through a rapid fission chain reaction.

• Thorium fuel cycleNarrower topic: Fission of uranium-233 supplies energy and neutrons that can continue the cycle.

• Atomic bombing of HiroshimaNarrower topic: Little Boy’s explosive energy came from a rapidly multiplying uranium fission chain reaction.

• Fat ManNarrower topic: Fat Man released energy through a rapid chain reaction of plutonium fission.

• Mixed oxide fuelNarrower topic: Fission in MOX’s plutonium and uranium isotopes supplies reactor heat and further neutrons.

• Soviet atomic bomb projectNarrower topic: A controlled chain reaction in fissile material supplied the bomb’s explosive energy.

• Strontium-90Narrower topic: Strontium-90 is produced among the fission fragments of heavy nuclei.

• John Archibald WheelerNarrower topic: Wheeler’s early research helped explain fission’s mechanism and its use in reactors.

• Nuclear warfareNarrower topic: Fission supplied the energy source for the first atomic bombs.

• Nuclear weapon designNarrower topic: Fission supplies the rapid energy release in fission weapons and can initiate fusion stages.

• Otto HahnNarrower topic: Hahn and Strassmann’s results revealed that uranium nuclei could split into lighter elements.

• Uranium dioxideNarrower topic: Fission in uranium isotopes is the principal source of energy in operating UO₂ fuel.

• Homi J. BhabhaNarrower topic: Fission supplies the energy and fissile material at the start of Bhabha’s proposed reactor sequence.

• Small modular reactorNarrower topic: Fission supplies the heat that an SMR converts into useful energy.

• Pressurized heavy-water reactorNarrower topic: Fission in the fuel supplies the heat and neutrons that sustain reactor operation.

• Advanced nuclear reactor technologyNarrower topic: Fission supplies the heat and neutrons that advanced reactor designs seek to manage more effectively.

• Caesium-137Narrower topic: Fission creates caesium-137 as one of its persistent radioactive products.

• History of nuclear weaponsNarrower topic: The discovery of controllable fission made a chain-reaction weapon physically conceivable.