Fission Quotes
On splitting atoms for power and progress.
These quotes explore nuclear fission from several technical angles, from its limits as a space propulsion source to its role generating everyday electricity. Related discussions on energy and mechanics appear in our Fulcrum quotes collection.
France generates a significant part of its energy requirements from fission reactors and these have achieved a perfect safety record. We build ours all differently.
Nearly all of our existing power sources are generators which use a heat cycle. This includes our coal, oil, and gas fired utilities, our automobiles, trucks, and trains, and even our nuclear fission utility power plants.
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Rocket scientists agree that we have about reached the limit of our ability to travel in space using chemical rockets. To achieve anything near the speed of light we will need a new energy source and a new propellant. Nuclear...
The fundamental point in fabricating a chain reacting machine is of course to see to it that each fission produces a certain number of neutrons and some of these neutrons will again produce fission.
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From safety records at national power plants to the basic physics of chain reactions, these quotes ground fission in real-world context. See more in our Reduced quotes and Lyle Kessler quotes.
