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T156@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

It is zero. You split atoms all the time, thanks to the radioactive carbon-14 in our bodies, from nuclear testing.

A nuclear bomb goes off because a lot of atoms split all at once, which causes a whole lot more atoms to then split. But that requires a critical mass. It doesn’t just happen on its own.

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