Nuclear fission—when the nucleus of an atom ... starting from the capture of the incident neutron and formation of the compound nucleus, until all fission fragments have been emitted.

Recent fusion breakthroughs have generated interest from investors like Sam Altman and Bill Gates—along with some unrealistic ...

A distribution of the barrier heights rather than a unique value is therefore introduced in the calculation of the capture ... as neutron star mergers, and advance technologies in nuclear energy ...

have basic knowledge of different nuclear reactions that are relevant for reactor physics such as fission and neutron capture have knowledge of different reactor technologies, the nuclear fuel cycle ...

Friedmann, control engineer / [email protected] A1: In a self-sustaining chain reaction of the nuclear fission process ... as they are inserted deeper, capture more neutrons (lowering the neutron flux ...

An international team of scientists has identified an unexpected region of heavy, neutron-deficient isotopes in the nuclear ...

That was the thought racing through physicist Francis Perrin’s mind in May 1972. He was examining a dark piece of uranium ore ...

The "A" stands for "atomic," and was quickly adopted as a name for the earliest nuclear ... or plutonium, a fission chain reaction, where more and more atoms are split by the neutrons emitted ...

Magnetar flares, colossal cosmic explosions, may be directly responsible for the creation and distribution of heavy elements across the universe, suggests a new study.

a hydrogen bomb uses both fission and fusion to release much more energy. In a nutshell, this new non-nuclear hydrogen bomb is a major step in weapon technology, showing that powerful explosives ...

Thorium is both more easily accessible and less dangerous than uranium—the most common fission fuel ... salt reactors that used thorium for nuclear power at the dawn of the Cold War era.