"This is an outstanding effort." Specialized crew begins high-stakes mission at aging nuclear plant: 'This is one of the most ...

Nuclear fission is a process in nuclear physics in which the nucleus of an atom splits into two or more smaller nuclei as fission products, and usually some by-product particles. Hence, fission is ...

Although to most the term ‘fission reactor’ brings to mind something close to the commonly operated light-water reactors (LWRs) which operate using plain water (H2O) as coolant and with… ...

The fission products that fall into this category include strontium 89, yttrium 91, zirconium 96, barium 140, lanthanum 140, cerium 141 and praseodymium 143.

Fission Fragment rockets are several proposed nuclear rocket designs made since the 1980s with the highest potential theoretical top speed. The fission-fragment rocket is a rocket engine design that ...

This data collection contains selected nuclear data for actinides and fission products as well as fission product yields for safeguards applications. The contents of a handbook published by the IAEA ...

The idea of leaving rapidly decaying nuclear waste is an important advantage. I’m not superstitious about fission power, but having waste products that last 100,000 years is a serious problem ...

The uranium-236 then splits into two fragments—the fission products—and the reaction emits some assorted particles. More than 400 nuclear power reactors in operation around the world currently ...

As part of the characterization work, OREM and UCOR identified the types and levels of contamination in the former Fission Production Development Lab, ... Building 3517 was built to recover large ...

Not only does nuclear fission provide the majority of the electricity that powers our homes, but it has also proved how destructive the power within the atom can be.