User talk:Gophomaxx1

Nuclear decay and nuclear fission are entirely different concepts. They are as different as the nuclear reactor and the nuclear bomb. You should not confuse the two if you do not wish to have a bomb when you wish to have a reactor. Nuclear decay occurs hen the isotope of Uranium (U235) has excess electrons exiting the atom nucleus and releaseing energy that held them to the nucleus. This is useful in nuclear reactors. The "enrichment" of Uranium is achieved by adding electrons to the original U235 to make it more radioactive and "hotter". If enough electrons are added to the Uranium to make it 'weapons grade' it is close to the "critical mass". If the uranium is placed close to a source of radioactivity like Plutonium which has been enriched it will reach critical mass and create a "chain reaction" of splitting atoms which releases the energy which bonds the nucleus together and this greater enrgy will be a nuclear bomb explosion.