Nuclear Fission is a process that was discovered by German scientists, Otto Hahn, and his assistant Fritz Strassman on December 17, 1938. Nuclear Fission is a process in which the nucleus of an atom splits into smaller parts. This will release free photons and neutrons, and releases a large amount of energy. If this energy is controlled, it can be used for nuclear energy for nuclear power plants. On the contrary, this process can be used uncontrollably in atomic bombs, such as the ones dropped in World War II. The bombs, Fat Man, and Little Boy, affected over a total of 120,000 people. While they did end the war, they made it nearly impossible for people to sustain normal lives after it, with radiation causing abnormal body growth and birth defects. While thoughts of continuing Nuclear Fission in nuclear power plants for energy still exist, they are brought down by the effects of using Nuclear Fission in atomic bombs. …show more content…
Frisch named the process with an analogy to Biological fission of living cells. Nuclear fission is an exothermic process, which describes it to release energy as the reaction occurs. The process releases energy as electromagnetic radiation, or as kinetic energy. To produce energy, the binding energy, which is the energy that is required to disassemble the nucleus of an atom into its component parts, is required to be less negative, or higher energy, than that of the starting