Explore: Uranium Fission

absorptions induce fission, though a minority (about 15%) result in the formation of uranium-236. The fission of one atom of uranium-235 releases 202.5 MeV

both enable uranium (and thorium) supplies to last longer and to reduce the amount of "waste". The industry term for a process that fissions all or nearly

spontaneous fission or even induced fission with fast neutrons; uranium-235, and to a lesser degree uranium-233, have a much higher fission cross-section

A natural nuclear fission reactor is a uranium deposit where self-sustaining nuclear chain reactions occur. The idea of a nuclear reactor existing in situ

neutrons needed to trigger fission). 233U usually fissions on neutron absorption, but sometimes retains the neutron, becoming uranium-234. For both thermal

these reactions. The specific nuclear reaction may be the fission of heavy isotopes (e.g., uranium-235, 235U). A nuclear chain reaction releases several million

Fission Uranium Corp. is a mineral exploration company engaged in the exploration and development of uranium assets. Its sole project is the Patterson

the discovery of nuclear fission. Hahn and Strassmann at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Chemistry in Berlin bombarded uranium with slow neutrons and discovered

nucleus of a fissile atom like uranium-235 (235U), the uranium nucleus splits into two smaller nuclei called fission fragments, plus more neutrons (for

fusion on a large scale to create fast neutrons that can cause fission in depleted uranium, but which is not a two-stage hydrogen bomb. This type of bomb