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- In nuclear weapons, '''boosted fission''' is a technique for injecting controlled quantities of [[tritium]] into a779 bytes (117 words) - 17:02, 22 March 2024
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- In nuclear weapons, '''boosted fission''' is a technique for injecting controlled quantities of [[tritium]] into a779 bytes (117 words) - 17:02, 22 March 2024
- ...ission device]]s. It is ''not'' a full fusion reaction, although a tritium-boosted fission Primary will be more effective in initiating a [[fusion device|fusion Secon2 KB (270 words) - 16:48, 6 May 2010
- ..., although the conditions for a fusion chain reaction do not exist in a '''boosted fission''' device. These neutrons have much higher energy than fission neutrons.<re The first U.S. weapon using boosted fission probably was the Mark 21 (nuclear weapon)|Mark 21 bomb, a thermonuclear wea18 KB (2,844 words) - 16:57, 29 March 2024