Compare And Contrast Nuclear Fission Vs Nuclear Fusion
I know many people, if they could get almost infinite energy for almost nothing, they would probably do it. But Nuclear Fusion, unlike its cousin, Nuclear Fission, is quite difficult to achieve. Nuclear fission is the process of splitting large atoms, usually Uranium 235, to produce massive amounts of energy. The process enacted within all nuclear power plants is Nuclear Fission. Nuclear Fusion, on the other hand, is the exact opposite; Taking small atoms such as Hydrogen and pushing them together to build larger atoms. In theory, fusion produces more energy than fission in a mass-energy ratio. Sadly, Nuclear Fusion is much more difficult than Nuclear Fission. The World Nuclear Association explains the difficulty of fusion by saying that