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What Is Fission?
Nuclear weapons and current nuclear power plants rely on the same underlying physical principle, but it is the opposite of fusion, which is the process of bringing things together./nFission requires the heaviest elements instead of the lightest, and the most unstable versus the most stable elements./nUranium is the most common element used in nuclear weapons and current nuclear power plants, and it has a maximum amount of stability or storage at iron.