Santa Clara County is included in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA Combined Statistical Area.
nuclear fission involves the splitting of a heavy nucleus into lighter nuclei while nuclear fusion involves the combining of light nuclei into a single heavier nucleus both processes produce vast amounts of energy but each has its own unique set of advantages and disadvantages as an energy source
In order for fission to produce energy, the total binding energy of the resulting elements must be less negative (higher energy) than that of the starting element. Fission is a form of nuclear transmutation because the resulting fragments are not the same element as the original atom.uclear fission produces energy for nuclear power and drives the explosion of nuclear weapons. Both uses are possible because certain substances called nuclear fuels undergo fission when struck by fission neutrons, and in turn emit neutrons when they break apart.