how can splitting a tiny piece of an even tinier atom create such a vast explosion?
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The bonds that hold atoms together is incredibly powerful. Breaking that bond releases energy.
The best ELI5 analogy would be a spring. If you had a powerful spring and a force kept that compressed until the force was removed, all that potential energy is released. Except the spring is really tiny and really confusing physics keeps is compressed.
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