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A heavy nucleus splits into two or more lighter nuclei, usually with emitted neutrons and photons, releasing energy when the products have greater total binding energy.
Fission may be induced by an incident particle or occur spontaneously; product channels and emitted particles are not unique.
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An energetically allowed heavy nucleus can fission spontaneously or after excitation, producing lighter fragments and typically neutrons and photons.
A physical process transforms the source into, or produces, the target under the conditions stated in the edge detail.
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Fission rates, yields, decay heat, and product nuclides supply source terms for fuel-cycle chemistry, while reactor history and chemical processing determine actual inventories.
The source supplies a substantive formal ingredient, dynamical sector, law, field content, or mechanism of the target theoretical framework.
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