Does Fission rate increase with increasing temperature?

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From the standpoint of temperature (not pressure), would components that could experience fission experience a higher fission rate toward the center of the Earth because of the higher temperature, or at ordinary room temperature conditions?
 
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Temperature has no relevant effect on spontaneous decays, this includes fission.

Temperature influences neutron induced and proton induced fission rates via Doppler broadening. It does not affect spontaneous fission.
 
I would not expect significant amounts of neutron or proton induced fission in the core of earth.
 
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