Definition that contains nuclear fission
- 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