Fission can occur spontaneously, via natural decay, or through controlled chain reactions initiated by people. Either way, the process releases a tremendous amount of energy. Nuclear power plants ...

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The researchers said the discovery helps better understand nuclear fission in the terrestrial ... using the experimental setup at GSI’s Reactions with Relativistic Radioactive Beams (R3B ...

Unlike chemical propulsion systems, nuclear thermal propulsion systems rely on nuclear fission reactions to heat the propellant that is then expelled from the nozzle to create the driving force or ...

That collision—called nuclear fission—releases more neutrons that react with more atoms, creating a chain reaction. A byproduct of nuclear reactions, plutonium, can also be used as nuclear fuel.

The amount of energy produced from fusion is very large — four times as much as nuclear fission reactions — and fusion reactions can be the basis of future fusion power reactors. Plans call for ...

Unlike chemical propulsion systems, nuclear thermal propulsion systems rely on nuclear fission reactions to heat the propellant that is then expelled from the nozzle to create the driving force or ...

Fusion reactions occur naturally in stars like ... Nuclear fusion releases four times more energy per kg than a nuclear fission reaction. The technological difficulties of fusion reactors are ...