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Re:Nuclear War Survival Skills (1987) [pdf] by kobeya on Thursday September 21, 2017 @09:11PM (#15308685)
Nitpick, but those are the result of fission not fusion.
Re:Nuclear War Survival Skills (1987) [pdf] by arethuza on Friday September 22, 2017 @03:14AM (#15310023)
Calling H-bombs "fusion" bombs is perhaps a bit of a misnomer in that while fusion is they key component of H-bomb designs most of the energy of these weapons actually comes from fission - the fusion in the secondary produces a large amount of neutrons and these then cause the fission of a uranium tamper around the secondary which is the main energy source.
Re:Nuclear War Survival Skills (1987) [pdf] by sgt101 on Friday September 22, 2017 @02:23AM (#15309820)
"fusion" bombs require a fission trigger.
Re:Nuclear War Survival Skills (1987) [pdf] by mikeash on Thursday September 21, 2017 @10:50PM (#15309092)
Strontium-90 is, but carbon-14 is formed when nitrogen in the air absorbs a neutron, which could be from either fission or fusion.