In the case of Little Boy, the 20 % U-238 in the uranium had 70 spontaneous fissions per second.
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All of these decay only through alpha decay, although some unknown bohrium isotopes are predicted to undergo spontaneous fission.
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:: ( Spontaneous fission in general is not that uncommon . " Self-sustaining chain reactions " almost never happen.
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These include certain types of radioactive decay ( spontaneous fission and neutron emission ), and from certain nuclear reactions.
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Naturally occurring technetium occurs as a spontaneous fission product in uranium ore or by neutron capture in molybdenum ores.
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According to Gun-type fission weapon, the 20 % U-238 in Little Boy had 70 spontaneous fission events per second.
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Results have not been published but preliminary results appear to indicate the observation of spontaneous fission, possibly from 264 Bh.
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The known elements most susceptible to spontaneous fission are the synthetic high-atomic-number actinides and transactinides with atomic numbers from 100 onwards.
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For spontaneous fission, it is necessary to measure the half-lives for the isotonic nuclei 268 Sg, 270 Hs and 272 Ds.
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So, I assume they meant to ask about spontaneous fission . talk ) 19 : 38, 5 April 2016 ( UTC)