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fissionable

[ fish-uh-nuh-buhl ]

adjective

Physics.
  1. capable of or possessing a nucleus or nuclei capable of undergoing fission:

    a fissionable nucleus; fissionable material.



fissionable

/ ˈɪʃəəə /

adjective

  1. capable of undergoing nuclear fission as a result of any process Compare fissile
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Derived Forms

  • ˌھDzԲˈٲ, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ھȴDz··i·ٲ noun
  • ԴDz·ھsDz·· adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of fissionable1

First recorded in 1940–45; fission + -able
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“But it is a weapon for aggressors, and the elements of surprise and of terror are as intrinsic to it as are the fissionable nuclei,” Oppenheimer writes.

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Oppenheimer once called the atomic bomb “a weapon for aggressors” wherein “the elements of surprise and terror are as intrinsic to it as are the fissionable nuclei.”

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When the pieces came together, they created a supercritical mass of fissionable, explosive uranium.

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Such a big presence would be needed to secure and remove WMD any materials with "enough fissionable plutonium and uranium by build up to 75 weapons by 2020," the report said.

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Iran waited a year before beginning to break limits of the accord, each move slightly narrowing the estimated year it would need to have enough fissionable material for a nuclear weapon.

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