The World of Nuclear Science

To help you understand the stuff on this site about nuclear science, we've included some information about the atom. You'll need to know this to get a good understanding of what we're talking about.

• Nucleons and the Atom
  read about what nucleons are, and what an atom is
• Nuclear Binding Energy
  nuclear binding energy is what we use today in power generators and bombs
• Radioactivity and Radioisotopes
  some things radioactively decay and emit radiation in the process
• Fission
  the splitting of an atom is what we call nuclear fission
• Fusion
  joining two smaller atoms into one big atom is called nuclear fusion

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