Mitt Romney

My red line is Iran may not have a nuclear weapon. It is inappropriate for them to have the capacity to terrorize the world. Iran with a nuclear weapon or with fissile material that can be given to Hezbollah or Hamas or others has the potential of not just destabilizing the Middle East.

American Politician

John Bolton

We estimate that once Iraq acquires fissile material - whether from a foreign source or by securing the materials to build an indigenous fissile material capability - it could fabricate a nuclear weapon within one year.

American Statesman

Antony Blinken

The Iran nuclear deal, the so-called JCPOA, was very effective in cutting off all of the pathways that Iran then had to produce fissile material for a nuclear weapon. And we know that that agreement was working.

Michael Ignatieff

Both Iraq and Syria are a fissile mixture of ethnicities and religions thrown together after Versailles by departing French and British imperialists and only kept together by Baathist tyranny and violence.

Canadian Politician

Iran with a nuclear weapon or with fissile material that can be given to Hezbollah or Hamas or others has the potential of not just destabilizing the Middle East. But it could be brought here.

In my judgment, the JCPOA for whatever its limitations, was succeeding on its own terms in blocking Iran's pathways to producing fissile material for a nuclear weapon on short order.

Bill Gates

The part of uranium that's fissile - when you hit it with a neutron, it splits in two - is about 0.7%. The reactors we have today are burning that 0.7%.

American Businessman

Used when discussing materials in nuclear reactors that can release energy during a chain reaction.

Energy Production

'Fissile' is a scientific term most commonly found in textbooks or academic discussions.

Technical Term

The word may imply potential hazards or the need for careful handling due to its nuclear association.

Safety Concerns

Refers to the ease of splitting certain rocks or minerals along natural layers.

Physical Properties

Usually found in geological discussions, rarely in everyday conversation.

Geological Context

Important for mining industries when determining how to extract minerals or resources.

Mining Relevance

 that you would like to have very close surveillance of anything that goes on with fissile stuff. Pushing ahead with nuclear power will mean we really know where all of the fissile material is, and we can move toward zero weapons left, once we know all that.