Nuclear Energy
, Nuclear Fission
• Nuclear fission is the
process of splitting a
nucleus into two
nuclei with smaller
masses.
• Fission means “to
divide”
• Remember that
fission has 2 s’s,
therefore it splits into
TWO parts.
, Nuclear Fission
• Nuclear fission is the
process of splitting a
nucleus into two
nuclei with smaller
masses.
• Fission means “to
divide”
• Remember that
fission has 2 s’s,
therefore it splits into
TWO parts.
