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in the mid 1930’s fermi bombarded uranium with thermal neutrons and observed the release of a large amount of energy. This happened because the heavy uranium nucleus split two light nuclei, and releasing two ot three neutrons along with a large amount of energy. What is this process called?

A. Nuclear Fusion
B. Nuclear Fission
C. Nuclear Synthesis
D. Nuclear Unification

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B. Nuclear Fission

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