Nuclear fission is the process by which one atom is broken down into two new, lighter, elements and energy is released. It is a viable energy source, as well as being the chain reaction behind atomic weapons. The first nuclear fission reactions were enacted by scientists in Berlin using atoms of Uranium 235.

 

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