And if splitting atom releases energy, why haven’t these energy break from their atom themselves? Isn’t that means the force that bind the atoms are bigger than the energy released?
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Uranium 235 is what makes a self-sustaining nuclear reaction. The most common isotope of uranium is 238, which doesn’t do this. There is a uranium deposit in Africa that is undergoing sustained fission naturally, but only enough to release some extra heat, not enough to cause an explosion. Normal radioactive decay also releases some heat.
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