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 pile a nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy
- otto 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)
- plutonium pit a steel or beryllium sphere containing plutonium 239 that triggers nuclear fission when compressed by explosives
- fast reactor nuclear reactor in which nuclear fissions are caused by fast neutrons because little or no moderator is used