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by arethuza 1233 days ago
"non-trivial part of the yield of a hydrogen bomb comes from the fast neutrons"

I believe in almost all "H-bomb" designs most of the energy produced comes from the fissioning of various uranium components by those neutrons (mainly the "pusher" surrounding the secondary and sometimes the surrounding case enclosing the primary and secondary - e.g. in the W88).