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nuclear chain reaction [′nü·klē·ər ′chān rē‚ak·shən]

(nucleonics)

A succession of generation after generation of acts of nuclear division such that the neutrons set free in the nuclear disruptions of thenth generation split the fissile nuclei (²³³U,²³⁵U,²³⁹Pu) of the (n+ 1)st generation. Also known as chain reaction.

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