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Re: Nuclear Weapons Material
> In a fusion, or H Bomb, the tritium (which is just hydrogen with an
> extra two neutrons) is that which produces the boom -- the main fuel,
> as it were. Its a "neutron source" only in the weakest possible sense
> -- the same way dynamite might be considered to need nitroglycerine as
> a "neutron source". (I'm not sure that people outside of the bomb
> building industry really know *for sure* what the geometries used in
> the atomic weapon that sets off the fusion reaction.)
I don't understand your point. The earliest devices used a pie shape
with a wedge cut out. The actual geometry is rather unimportant to
getting a fission reaction - but it *is* important if you want to
maximize your yield.
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