Editing Radionuclide (section)

===Nuclear fission===
Radionuclides are produced as an unavoidable result of [[nuclear fission]] and [[thermonuclear device|thermonuclear explosions]]. The process of nuclear fission creates a wide range of [[fission products]], most of which are radionuclides. Further radionuclides can be created from irradiation of the nuclear fuel (creating a range of [[actinides]]) and of the surrounding structures, yielding [[activation products]]. This complex mixture of radionuclides with different chemistries and radioactivity makes handling [[nuclear waste]] and dealing with [[nuclear fallout]] particularly problematic.{{cn|date=November 2023}}