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blamestross
on Dec 13, 2022
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US Department of Energy: Fusion Ignition Achieved
A Hydrogen Bomb. It is basically using a nuke (fission) to trigger fusion instead of lasers.
willis936
on Dec 13, 2022
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That is a run away fission reaction that ignites a short lived fusion reaction. We don't even talk about neutron populations or k factors in fusion because there is no avalanche effect possible.
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