Re:US Department of Energy: Fusion Ignition Achieved
by jboy55 on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @07:14PM
(#33978222)
Yes, but if you get into the details... The second stage of a bomb is the fusion in which a cylinder of hydrogen and/or lithium is encased by U-238. The primary stage, a trinity-like a-bomb, forces the cylinder to compress by its x-rays. The fusion reaction creates a bunch of energy, but more importantly a huge amount of neutrons. These neutrons cause the u-238 to undergo fission, which is responsible for a majority of the energy and pretty much all of the fallout.
Re:US Department of Energy: Fusion Ignition Achieved
by TeeMassive on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @11:50PM
(#33980128)
The fissile "spark plug" inside the fusion material is responsible for the majority of the energy...
"thermonuclear bomb, also called hydrogen bomb, or H-bomb, weapon whose enormous explosive power results from an uncontrolled self-sustaining chain reaction in which isotopes of hydrogen combine under extremely high temperatures to form helium in a process known as nuclear fusion."