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[–] 24 points 3 months ago (1 child)

no, there are lots of atoms splitting inside your body every second.

a single U-235 atom's fission, releasing ~200MeV, (30 picojoules), in ideal circumstances could maybe nudge a very small fine grain of sand ( micrograms) enough to see movement (small fraction of a millimetre) under a microscope .

It takes months of refining to make nuclear fuel that's suitable for sustaining a chain reaction.

it's an interesting question, I'm glad I did the research checking that the orders of magnitude match!

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