The energy released in the fission of one uranium nucleus is about 50 million times greater than that released when a carbon atom combines with oxygen atoms in the Burning of coal.

• 一个重原子核分裂为质量相近的两个碎片,同时释放大量能量,这些能量来自亚原子粒子的结合能。一个铀原子核裂变时所释放的能量大约是煤炭燃烧时一个碳原子与一个氧原子结合所释放能量的5,000万倍。"