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One can boost the yield of a fission nuke by an order of magnitude by injecting tritium and deuterium into the core. The hydrogen isotopes fuse and release high energy neutrons which induces more fission.


6 posted on 09/22/2015 9:18:35 AM PDT by C19fan
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Boosted fission with tritium? Or Teller-Ulam with Lithium Deuteride?


15 posted on 09/22/2015 6:14:26 PM PDT by Ozark Tom
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