







裂变 (liè biàn) means “fission” in Chinese. See the pinyin, native audio pronunciation, and 2 example sentences with English translations.
fission
The remaining transuranics would be transferred to a burner to be fissioned into more stable materials.
The best part is that the process can power itself—plutonium releases energy as it destroyed by fission, and that energy can power the burner.