• T156@lemmy.world
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    7 hours 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.