The technology and process of splitting heavy atomic nuclei to release energy, represented here by nuclear power as the source category; the underlying fuel itself is tracked separately. Belongs here: the fission process and its role as a primary electricity source. Does not belong here: the fuel resource that makes fission possible, grouped under Nuclear Fuel.
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Nuclear fission, Discovery of nuclear fission section
The discovery of nuclear fission occurred in 1938 in the buildings of the Kaiser Wilhelm Society for Chemistry
Nuclear fission, Physical overview section, splitting sentence
Nuclear fission is a reaction in which the nucleus of an atom splits into two or more smaller nuclei.
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