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Behind the Scenes of ‘Oppenheimer’
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The Process of Nuclear Fission and Chain Reaction Explained
When the atom splits, it produces leftover neutrons that go on to split nearby uranium atoms in an exponential process./nThe process of fission can occur fast enough to create a bomb./nAn initiator, made up of two radioactive pieces, triggers the chain reaction by releasing a burst of neutrons when squished together./nUranium holds energy on Earth, but its origins are not mentioned in the transcript.
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