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

• Periodic table extensionCompared with: Fission destroys many superheavy nuclei and competes with the survival needed for element identification.

• 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.

• 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.

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

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

• 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.

• 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.

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

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

• 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.

• FleroviumCompared with: Flerovium can decay by fission as well as by the alpha emission used to trace many chains.

• 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.

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

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

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

• 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.

• 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.

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

• CaliforniumRelated: Spontaneous fission in californium-252 releases its characteristic neutrons.

• Frédéric Joliot-CurieRelated: After fission’s discovery, Joliot investigated the possibility of a sustained nuclear chain reaction.

• LawrenciumRelated: Fission events provide another detectable decay path for some lawrencium isotopes.

• Little BoyRelated: Fission released the energy behind Little Boy's blast and radiation.

• Neutron activationCompared with: Fission changes a nucleus by splitting it, not by adding a neutron.

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

• UnbiuniumCompared with: Fission competes with survival of the highly excited nucleus formed during synthesis.

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

• Neutron moderationRelated: Moderation is often used to make neutrons more likely to trigger fission in fissile fuel.

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

• Enewetak AtollRelated: Fission powered the early devices tested at Enewetak and initiated thermonuclear explosions.

• John CockcroftCompared with: Cockcroft’s lithium disintegration produced helium nuclei; it was not the heavy-nucleus fission later used in reactors.

• Nuclear chemistryBroader topic: Fission is a major energy-releasing nuclear process studied in the field.

• 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.

• PromethiumRelated: Fission of uranium and plutonium produces promethium among its radioactive products.

• RutherfordiumRelated: Some rutherfordium isotopes are produced in reactions involving heavy target nuclei and emitted neutrons.

• Tsar BombaRelated: A fission primary initiated the thermonuclear sequence.

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

• Discovery of the neutronRelated: The neutron’s lack of charge made it an effective projectile for inducing nuclear reactions.