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by willis936 1283 days ago
What is an example of a run away fusion reaction?
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dogma1138 1283 days ago
The US strategic arsenal.
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blamestross 1283 days ago
A Hydrogen Bomb. It is basically using a nuke (fission) to trigger fusion instead of lasers.
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willis936 1283 days ago
That is a run away fission reaction that ignites a short lived fusion reaction. We don't even talk about neutron populations or k factors in fusion because there is no avalanche effect possible.
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