My point is really quite simple. Yes, under neutron bombardment U-238 will convert to Pu-239, but not in nearly enough time to become part of the fission/fusion reaction, as you claimed it would in post #58.
--Boot Hill
Um...here's what I wrote in #58:
"Don't forget deuterium...and an order of magnitude more sophistication in detonation timing...plus the core fission bomb to generate enough heat to start the fusion reaction...and, just for color, try it in a fission-fusion-fission configuration by encasing it all in a U-238 shell so that the fusion reaction will saturate the U-238 with free neutrons, thus changing it to Plutonium which is then scattered across several miles."
Please point out where I said it became "part of the fission/fusion reaction." As I plainly stated, the resulting plutonium would be scattered. Doesn't say a thing about it being "part of the fission/fusion reaction."
Are we going to ping-pong this dialogue the whole day now? It was boring two messages ago.