What stops a nuclear bomb’s chain reaction?

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What stops a nuclear bomb’s chain reaction?

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Either it runs out of fissionable material or that material is pushed away fast enough to avoid being set into a chain reaction.

The temperature in and around might still be hot enough to cause fission, however it is harder and doesn’t release enough energy to sustain itself.

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