Man-made nuclear fission reactors work by carefully controlling a chain reaction where uranium-235 atoms are split by neutrons, releasing energy and more neutrons, which go on to split additional ...

An international collaboration of scientists working with the FAIR Phase 0 program at the GSI Helmholtzzentrum für ...

A controlled nuclear fission reaction releases one million times more energy per kg of fuel than a chemical reaction such as burning coal, oil or gas. Nuclear power creates well-paid employment ...

The typically ceramic fuel pellets are then inserted into a fission reactor and the U-235 is exposed to a neutron source that then kickstarts a nuclear chain reaction. The exposure of fissile ...

An international team of scientists has identified an unexpected region of heavy, neutron-deficient isotopes in the nuclear chart where nuclear fission is predominantly governed by an asymmetric mode.

A controlled nuclear fission reaction releases one million times more energy per kg than a chemical reaction such as burning coal, oil or gas. This means much less fuel is required than for a ...

Crews could not enter the hot cells to conduct the characterization work due to the extremely high radiation and ...

An international team of researchers has successfully controlled the flow of energy in a molecule with the help of its pH ...

In the GSI/FAIR experimental setup R3B (Reactions with Relativistic Radioactive Beams), extended by a set of specialized systems developed for the unique pattern of fission experiments ...