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[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

As I've learned more, the energy from a single atom is not much. They split nitrogen long before uranium but it didn't really matter. You need the chain reaction of uranium.

From Gemini:

The energy released from a single uranium atom splitting is an infinitesimally tiny fraction of what's needed to even warm a mug of water. You would need the simultaneous fission of approximately 1.96 quadrillion (1,960,000,000,000,000) uranium atoms to heat a single mug of water.

*JFC what's up with the downvotes? Because I used Gemini?

[-] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago
[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

No, I amanium!

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

Isn't that common knowledge? I don't think that anyone seriously believes that splitting a single atom causes an explosion.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

altr

I mean I'm not saying that you're an expert, but my us highschool education regarding nuclear fission was pretty handwavy, and won't come up again in most careers

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