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Definitions of nuclear fission
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  • pile a nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy
  • hahn German chemist who was co-discoverer with Lise Meitner of nuclear fission (1879-1968)
  • meitner Swedish physicist (born in Austria) who worked in the field of radiochemistry with Otto Hahn and formulated the concept of nuclear fission with Otto Frisch (1878-1968)
  • fissile capable of undergoing nuclear fission
  • frisch British physicist (born in Austria) who with Lise Meitner recognized that Otto Hahn had produced a new kind of nuclear reaction which they named nuclear fission; Frisch described the explosive potential of a chain nuclear reaction (1904-1979)
  • fissionable capable of undergoing nuclear fission
  • atomic bomb a nuclear weapon in which enormous energy is released by nuclear fission (splitting the nuclei of a heavy element like uranium 235 or plutonium 239)
  • thermal reactor a nuclear reactor in which nuclear fissions are caused by neutrons that are slowed down by a moderator
  • lise meitner Swedish physicist (born in Austria) who worked in the field of radiochemistry with Otto Hahn and formulated the concept of nuclear fission with Otto Frisch (1878-1968)
  • chain reactor a nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy
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