Phrases with «fission plants»

"Fission plants" refers to nuclear power plants that generate electricity through a process known as nuclear fission. In this process, the nucleus of an atom (usually uranium or plutonium) is split into two smaller parts, releasing a large amount of energy. This energy is then used to produce electricity. Full definition

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An equally expensive and widely unpopular alternative is construction of many new nuclear fission plants for generation of electricity or production of secondary fuels. (dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com)
Raypierre makes the case very clear in the current Chicago Int» l Law J. that closed system combustion with oxygen can avoid much of the externalization of costs built into current plants; I imagine it can even contain the uranium and thorium fallout from coal (which is worse than that from a properly operated fission plant). (realclimate.org)
(In addition, it seems to me that we'll probably have to provide aid to help the very poorest countries in return perhaps for their adherence to a stricter non-proliferation protocol, because the resources to for example build and run fission plants are beyond them. (dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com)
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