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Even if this research would be used to develop an alternative fusion bomb ignition system, wouldn't it be better as it would avoid using a fission reaction that
by badosu 9y ago
Even if this research would be used to develop an alternative fusion bomb ignition system, wouldn't it be better as it would avoid using a fission reaction that has a high probability of leaving heavy radioactive material?
- pdonis 9y agoThe fission ignition doesn't make any appreciable difference in fallout; the main factor in fallout is at what altitude the bomb detonates--higher altitude, less fallout. The amount of radioactive material in the fission trigger itself is negligible; fallout comes from radioactivity induced in the materials thrown up from the ground during the explosion.