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  • Radioactivity , the set of various processes by which unstable atomic nuclei (nuclides) emit subatomic particles

  • Nuclear Reaction , a process in which two nuclei or nuclear particles collide, to produce different products than the initial products; see also Nuclear Fission and Nuclear Fusion

  • Nuclear Energy , energy produced by nuclear reactors

  • The energy of inter-atomic or Chemical Bonds , which holds atoms together in compounds.


The term may have originated with H. G. Wells in the phrase, "splitting the atom", devised at a time prior to the discovery of the Nucleus . The term is a Solecism , and should be retired.


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