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Term: nuclear fission
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Definition: nuclear reaction initiated by neutrons, gamma radiation or charged particles which results in the division of the atomic nucleus into two fragments (more rarely three) whose mass is of the same order of magnitude and which is accompanied by the emission of neutrons, gamma radiation and a high level of kinetic energy

Note 1 to entry: Nuclear fission can happen naturally for certain radionuclides and is called spontaneous fission.

Note 2 to entry: This entry was numbered 393-12-38 in IEC 60050-393:2003.


Publication date:2014-03
SourceISO 921:1997, definition 823, modified
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