Fissile
adjective
Able to split into smaller parts easily or able to be used to create nuclear energy.
Uranium-235 is a fissile material used in nuclear reactors.
Often appears as...
- fissile material
- fissile uranium
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Academic
adjective
Able to be split or divided in the direction of the grain or along natural planes of cleavage.
Some rocks are fissile, making them easier to break apart.
Often appears as...
- fissile rock
- fissile shale
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Technical
Academic
adjective
Able to split into smaller parts easily or able to be used to create nuclear energy.
Uranium-235 is a fissile material used in nuclear reactors.
Often appears as...
- fissile material
- fissile uranium
Usage tips
Technical
Academic
adjective
Able to be split or divided in the direction of the grain or along natural planes of cleavage.
Some rocks are fissile, making them easier to break apart.
Often appears as...
- fissile rock
- fissile shale
Usage tips
Technical
Academic
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Energy Production
Used when discussing materials in nuclear reactors that can release energy during a chain reaction.
The country's new policy focuses on harnessing fissile materials for energy production.
Pro Tip 2/3Technical Term
'Fissile' is a scientific term most commonly found in textbooks or academic discussions.
In our physics class, we learned that fissile substances play a crucial role in nuclear energy.
Pro Tip 3/3Safety Concerns
The word may imply potential hazards or the need for careful handling due to its nuclear association.
The transportation of fissile materials is highly regulated for safety reasons.
Pro Tip 1/3Energy Production
Used when discussing materials in nuclear reactors that can release energy during a chain reaction.
The country's new policy focuses on harnessing fissile materials for energy production.
Pro Tip 2/3Technical Term
'Fissile' is a scientific term most commonly found in textbooks or academic discussions.
In our physics class, we learned that fissile substances play a crucial role in nuclear energy.
Pro Tip 3/3Safety Concerns
The word may imply potential hazards or the need for careful handling due to its nuclear association.
The transportation of fissile materials is highly regulated for safety reasons.
Pro Tip 1/3Energy Production
Used when discussing materials in nuclear reactors that can release energy during a chain reaction.
The country's new policy focuses on harnessing fissile materials for energy production.
Pro Tip 2/3Technical Term
'Fissile' is a scientific term most commonly found in textbooks or academic discussions.
In our physics class, we learned that fissile substances play a crucial role in nuclear energy.
Pro Tip 3/3Safety Concerns
The word may imply potential hazards or the need for careful handling due to its nuclear association.
The transportation of fissile materials is highly regulated for safety reasons.
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Debate: Does the world...
that you would like to have very close surveillance of anything that goes on with fissile stuff. Pushing ahead with nuclear power will mean we really know where all of the fissile material is, and we can move toward zero weapons left, once we know all that.
Video examples
Debate: Does the world...
that you would like to have very close surveillance of anything that goes on with fissile stuff. Pushing ahead with nuclear power will mean we really know where all of the fissile material is, and we can move toward zero weapons left, once we know all that.
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Quote examples
Mitt Romney
American Politician
My red line is Iran may not have a nuclear weapon. It is inappropriate for them to have the capacity to terrorize the world. Iran with a nuclear weapon or with fissile material that can be given to Hezbollah or Hamas or others has the potential of not just destabilizing the Middle East.
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John Bolton
American Statesman
We estimate that once Iraq acquires fissile material - whether from a foreign source or by securing the materials to build an indigenous fissile material capability - it could fabricate a nuclear weapon within one year.
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Antony Blinken
American Statesman
The Iran nuclear deal, the so-called JCPOA, was very effective in cutting off all of the pathways that Iran then had to produce fissile material for a nuclear weapon. And we know that that agreement was working.
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Michael Ignatieff
Canadian Politician
Both Iraq and Syria are a fissile mixture of ethnicities and religions thrown together after Versailles by departing French and British imperialists and only kept together by Baathist tyranny and violence.
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Mitt Romney
American Politician
Iran with a nuclear weapon or with fissile material that can be given to Hezbollah or Hamas or others has the potential of not just destabilizing the Middle East. But it could be brought here.
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Antony Blinken
American Statesman
In my judgment, the JCPOA for whatever its limitations, was succeeding on its own terms in blocking Iran's pathways to producing fissile material for a nuclear weapon on short order.
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Bill Gates
American Businessman
The part of uranium that's fissile - when you hit it with a neutron, it splits in two - is about 0.7%. The reactors we have today are burning that 0.7%.
Quote examples
Mitt Romney
American Politician
My red line is Iran may not have a nuclear weapon. It is inappropriate for them to have the capacity to terrorize the world. Iran with a nuclear weapon or with fissile material that can be given to Hezbollah or Hamas or others has the potential of not just destabilizing the Middle East.
Quote examples
John Bolton
American Statesman
We estimate that once Iraq acquires fissile material - whether from a foreign source or by securing the materials to build an indigenous fissile material capability - it could fabricate a nuclear weapon within one year.
Quote examples
Antony Blinken
American Statesman
The Iran nuclear deal, the so-called JCPOA, was very effective in cutting off all of the pathways that Iran then had to produce fissile material for a nuclear weapon. And we know that that agreement was working.
Quote examples
Michael Ignatieff
Canadian Politician
Both Iraq and Syria are a fissile mixture of ethnicities and religions thrown together after Versailles by departing French and British imperialists and only kept together by Baathist tyranny and violence.
Quote examples
Mitt Romney
American Politician
Iran with a nuclear weapon or with fissile material that can be given to Hezbollah or Hamas or others has the potential of not just destabilizing the Middle East. But it could be brought here.
Quote examples
Antony Blinken
American Statesman
In my judgment, the JCPOA for whatever its limitations, was succeeding on its own terms in blocking Iran's pathways to producing fissile material for a nuclear weapon on short order.
Quote examples
Bill Gates
American Businessman
The part of uranium that's fissile - when you hit it with a neutron, it splits in two - is about 0.7%. The reactors we have today are burning that 0.7%.
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