I mean, I get the repercussions, but if they are so insanely small, how do you pull it apart? How do you only get one at a time done too – there must be bazillions in any one area so do they split a specific one or it’s just the first one along?
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Atoms are split by shooting them with neutrons. The atom absorbs the neutron, becomes unstable, and splits in two, releasing some more neutrons.
Each neutron can only split a single atom – the first one it hits at the right angle and speed. In any nuclear reactor (or bomb), there are many of these reactions going on at the same time, though.
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