Re: Nuclear Weapons Material

[Mikolaj Habryn <dichro@tartarus.uwa.edu.au>]

> > > 
> > > 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.
> > > -- 
> 
> Wrong.  If you will notice, I said "the earliest devices".  They didn't 
> use plutonium for nuclear devices until much later.

	That may be what you had in mind - what you wrote was that
geometry is irrelevant in fusion reactions, which is incorrect.

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