fission reaction

collocation in English

meaningsoffissionandreaction

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fission
noun[U]
uk
/ˈfɪʃ.ən/us
/ˈfɪʃ.ən/
physicsspecialized
the process of dividing the nucleus of an atom, resulting in the release of a large amount of ...
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reaction
noun
uk
/riˈæk.ʃən/us
/riˈæk.ʃən/
behaviour, a feeling or an action that is a direct result of ...
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(Definition offissionandreactionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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I still think that, until you have fusion energy, this is the neatest form—or, as the scientist would say, it is a beautiful form—offissionreaction.
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Since 1 neutron is required to sustain thefissionreaction, this leaves a budget of less than 1 neutron per fission to breed new fuel.
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For, slower neutrons are more likely to cause afissionreaction.
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The fission reactions though, especially the lastfissionreaction, release a tremendous amount of fission products and fallout.
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Decay heat while dangerous and strong enough to melt the core, is not nearly as dangerous as an activefissionreaction.
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The heat of thefissionreactionis removed by the water, which also acts to moderate the neutron reactions.
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These spallation neutrons convert fertile thorium to fissile uranium-233 and drive thefissionreactionin the uranium.
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Thefissionreactionwas sustained for hundreds of thousands of years.
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This fusion reaction released a large number of free neutrons, which greatly increased the efficiency of the nuclearfissionreaction.
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When a thermal neutron is absorbed by a lithium-6 nucleus, it causes afissionreactionthat produces helium, tritium and energy.
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A fizzle can spread radioactive material throughout the surrounding area, involve a partialfissionreactionof the fissile material, or both.
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Nuclear reactors generally have automatic and manual systems to shut thefissionreactiondown if monitoring detects unsafe conditions.
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The use of fusion fuel to enhance the efficiency of afissionreactionis called boosting.
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The project abandoned fusion after concluding that it would require afissionreactionto detonate.
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Because the original fuel arrangement is optimum for a chain reaction and the natural uranium fuel has little excess reactivity, any significant deformation will stop the inter-fuel pelletfissionreaction.
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Thisfissionreactionpropels the craft.
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Values of "k" larger than 1 mean that thefissionreactionis releasing more neutrons than it absorbs, and therefore is referred to as a self-sustaining chain reaction.
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Most interactions are scattering events, so that a given neutron obeys a random walk until it either escapes from the medium or causes afissionreaction.
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It is difficult to use for cooling fission-based nuclear reactors, because indium has a high absorption cross section for thermal neutrons, efficiently absorbing them and inhibiting thefissionreaction.
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