• Question: what is nuclear fission

    Asked by anon-240764 to Tom, Rebecca, Emily, Elspeth, Ben, Antoine on 5 Mar 2020.
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      Antoine Bourget answered on 5 Mar 2020:

      Nuclear fission is the process by which the nucleus of an atom, typically a heavy one, is broken into smaller nuclei, plus some other particles, as well as energy. In nuclear power plants, the energy that is emitted during nuclear fission is used to heat water, and the hot water is used to produce electricity.

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