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Re:Unplanned Exposure During Diving in the Spent Nuclear Fue... by rkharsan64 on Saturday September 28, 2024 @03:18PM (#41682388)
Modern Thermonuclear bombs (also called Hydrogen bombs) work on fusion. The only reason why they use fission is to trigger a fusion reaction.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermonuclear_weapon

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Re:Unplanned Exposure During Diving in the Spent Nuclear Fue... by andreareina on Saturday September 28, 2024 @08:54PM (#41683975)
Not the only reason. You can get a significant boost in energy release by using uranium in the tamper.
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