Nuclear Fission

Nuclear fission is the reverse process to fusion. For nuclei heavier than nickel-62 the binding energy per nucleon decreases with the mass number. It is therefore possible for energy to be released if a heavy nucleus breaks apart into two lighter ones. The process of alpha decay is in essence a special type of spontaneous nuclear fission. It is a highly asymmetrical fission because the four particles which make up the alpha particle are especially tightly bound to each other, making production of this nucleus in fission particularly likely.

  • General Characteristics
  • Nuclear Fuel
  • Neutron Characteristics of the Fuel
  • Utilization of Fission Energy
  • Fission Reactor Physics

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