nuclear reaction
noun
physics
: a process in which the nucleus of an atom is changed by being split apart or joined with the nucleus of another atom
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In addition to the fuel rods, there are shutdown rods inserted during transport to halt the nuclear reaction entirely.
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David Szondy, New Atlas, 26 Sep. 2024
Should the power to the reactor fail for whatever reason, the fuel pebbles automatically regulate the nuclear reaction by the laws of physics.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 31 July 2024
This nuclear reaction produces energy, shooting the electron out of the atom at high speed.
—Rhett Allain, WIRED, 23 Feb. 2024
It was soon tasked with making a limited number of pits for submarines, but that project was scuttled when it was revealed that scientists had put a number of pits side by side for the purpose of taking a photograph—a scenario that, hypothetically, could lead to a critical nuclear reaction.
—Abe Streep, Scientific American, 10 Nov. 2023
Similar to how computers simulate growing galaxies or nuclear reactions (without actually being a galaxy or a nuclear reaction), matchgate circuits simulate a group of fermions, a family of elementary particles that contains electrons.
—Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 19 Oct. 2023
When the uranium projectile met the uranium cylinder, this triggered a nuclear reaction.
—Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 1 Aug. 2023
If a nuclear reaction is begun by the splitting of an atom, in our country’s current politics, a chain reaction of legal and electoral chaos may well be triggered by the nomination of Donald Trump as the GOP’s presidential candidate.
—Dan Lennington, National Review, 29 Aug. 2023
The marbles represent the amount of uranium that has been successfully mined and refined to power the nuclear reaction.
—Ngofeen Mputubwele, WIRED, 21 Aug. 2023
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David Szondy, New Atlas, 26 Sep. 2024
Should the power to the reactor fail for whatever reason, the fuel pebbles automatically regulate the nuclear reaction by the laws of physics.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 31 July 2024
This nuclear reaction produces energy, shooting the electron out of the atom at high speed.
—Rhett Allain, WIRED, 23 Feb. 2024
It was soon tasked with making a limited number of pits for submarines, but that project was scuttled when it was revealed that scientists had put a number of pits side by side for the purpose of taking a photograph—a scenario that, hypothetically, could lead to a critical nuclear reaction.
—Abe Streep, Scientific American, 10 Nov. 2023
Similar to how computers simulate growing galaxies or nuclear reactions (without actually being a galaxy or a nuclear reaction), matchgate circuits simulate a group of fermions, a family of elementary particles that contains electrons.
—Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 19 Oct. 2023
When the uranium projectile met the uranium cylinder, this triggered a nuclear reaction.
—Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 1 Aug. 2023
If a nuclear reaction is begun by the splitting of an atom, in our country’s current politics, a chain reaction of legal and electoral chaos may well be triggered by the nomination of Donald Trump as the GOP’s presidential candidate.
—Dan Lennington, National Review, 29 Aug. 2023
The marbles represent the amount of uranium that has been successfully mined and refined to power the nuclear reaction.
—Ngofeen Mputubwele, WIRED, 21 Aug. 2023
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