fissioning
Nucleus breaking apart
Fissioning is the process of splitting or undergoing fission.
In nuclear physics, it describes an atom's nucleus dividing into smaller parts, releasing enormous energy: The uranium was actively fissioning in the reactor core.
More broadly, anything dividing or fragmenting can be fissioning: The party was fissioning into rival camps.
nuclear
Dividing into parts
- chain reactionSelf-sustaining causal sequence
- neutronUncharged nuclear particle
- uraniumElement ninety-two
- plutoniumActinide, atomic number 94
atom · nucleus · critical mass · energy release · reactor core · isotopes · radioactive decay · nuclear fuel
splitting
Dividing into parts
- chain reactionSelf-sustaining causal sequence
- neutronUncharged nuclear particle
- uraniumElement ninety-two
plutonium · atom · nucleus · critical mass · energy release · reactor core · isotopes · radioactive decay · nuclear fuel · bombardment
fission, fissile, fissions, nuclear fission, fissionable, binary fission