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Fission begins in an atomic bomb when a single neutron collides with the nucleus of U-235 or plutonium and is absorbed, the new nucleus being unstable releasing 200 million electron volts of energy.
Date taken:1949
Photographer:Fritz Goro
Size:1021 x 1280 pixels (14.2 x 17.8 inches)

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