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Isn't tritium used in fusion and a potential weapons material?

• devmor 4y ago
  It's a fission yield booster. It's as much of a weapons material as charcoal is.
• mlyle 4y ago
  It's not controlled. It does help boost some fission weapons. But it's not the hard part or critical piece of producing a nuclear weapon, and you can get by without it. To illustrate how little it's controlled-- I have a little bit on my keychain as an alpha source with a phosphor so my keyring always glows.