Re:Nuclear War Survival Skills (1987) [pdf]
by kobeya on Thursday September 21, 2017 @09:11PM
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Nitpick, but those are the result of fission not fusion.
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Re:Nuclear War Survival Skills (1987) [pdf]
by arethuza on Friday September 22, 2017 @03:14AM
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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.