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   ocr: NUCLEAR FISSION T HERE ARE TWO nuclear types fission of and nuclear Neutron reactions: nuclear fusion. Nuclear power stations use fission to produce their energy. Fast-moving atomic particles called Nucleus of neutrons are fired at the nucleus uranium- (center) of an atom to split it. This 235 atom Energy splitting is called fission and it causes given off other atoms to split in a chain reaction. Some mass (the number of heavy particles inside an atom) is lost in the process. This is accompanied by the FISSION release of huge amounts ofenergy. KD SPLITTING THE ATOM Neutrons Afast-moving neutr ...