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Re:US Department of Energy: Fusion Ignition Achieved by jboy55 on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @07:02PM (#33978127)
Most of the fission energy in an H-bomb comes from the massive amounts of neutrons created by the fusion bomb initiating a fission reaction in the U-238 tamper of the secondary. The primary is used for its X-Rays, which cause the incredible pressures within the secondary by ablating the surface of the cylinder. When you look at this experiment and see it uses x-rays to ablate case containing the hydrogen, causing an implosion, the purpose of the experiment is clear.

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