Comment on China plans world’s first fusion-fission power plant
HeavyRaptor@lemmy.zip 1 month agoIt seems like the opposite: fission triggered by fusion
Comment on China plans world’s first fusion-fission power plant
HeavyRaptor@lemmy.zip 1 month agoIt seems like the opposite: fission triggered by fusion
eleitl@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Yes, the uranium tamper in a fusion weapon. Half of the energy in a fusion weapon comes from fast neutron fission, mostly in U-238. It’s not a chain reaction.