Researchers use Summit to track down nuclear fission's elusive scission neutron
October 23, 2024
October 23, 2024
OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Oct. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release:
Nuclear fission when the nucleus of an atom splits in two, releasing energy may seem like a process that is fully understood. First discovered in 1939 and thoroughly studied ever since, fission is a constant factor in modern life, used in everything from nuclear medicine to power-generating nuclear reactors. However, it is a force of nature that still con . . .
Nuclear fission when the nucleus of an atom splits in two, releasing energy may seem like a process that is fully understood. First discovered in 1939 and thoroughly studied ever since, fission is a constant factor in modern life, used in everything from nuclear medicine to power-generating nuclear reactors. However, it is a force of nature that still con . . .