Re: Tritium in old nuclear weapons

[Neon John <johngd@bellsouth.net>]

Richard_M_Pierson@RL.gov wrote:

I was under the impression that the tritium supplied the fuel for
the fusion
reaction which boosted the overall yield of the weapon and the
fission
reaction provided the conditions (heat and pressure) necessary to
initiate
the fusion reaction.

Go Here: http://www.fas.org/nuke/hew/.  An anti-nuclear site but one
of the most comprehensive on the web.  Several days' worth of
reading there.

John

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