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 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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