RE: Weapon Efficency

["Bradshaw, Keith" <Keith.Bradshaw@nnc.co.uk>]

If I remember Seaborgs recent book correctly, the efficiency is not high.  I
think around 18% of Pu in a warhead fissions. If the device uses U-235, the
efficiency is lower.  The book also states that the yield of a so-called
hydrogen bomb is about half and half due to fission and fusion.

Personal thoughts only

keith.bradshaw@nnc.co.uk













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> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Engelhard, Sam [SMTP:Sam.Engelhard@rfets.gov]
> Sent:	Thursday, February 24, 2000 3:46 PM
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> Subject:	Weapon Efficency
> 
> What is the percentage of material that is actually converted to energy
> in
> a nuclear explosion?
>  ie. Pu/U,  H-3 
> 
> Thanks
> Sam Engelhard
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