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To: FreedomPoster
to actually fuse nuclei and create an even bigger explosion.This procaess is called nuclear fusion

Look I'm not going to argue with you I know enough about a-bombs and nuclear energy in general, that I know the difference between fusion and fission,

fission is also the process with which nuclear power plants operate which requires no driving together or compacting of materials.

I believe you should do a little more studying of the subject.

26 posted on 10/27/2004 4:44:53 AM PDT by federal
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To: federal

Yeah, there's no difference in a fission reaction designed to produce heat to make steam to drive a stream turbine-generator, and one designed to create a large explosion.

http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/arm/arm41.htm

"A subcritical sphere of plutonium was placed in the center of a hollow sphere of high explosive (HE). Numerous detonators located on the surface of the HE were fired simultaneously to produce a powerful inward pressure on the capsule, squeezing it and increasing its density. This resulted in a supercritical condition and a nuclear explosion."


31 posted on 10/27/2004 5:40:31 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (hoplophobia is a mental aberration rather than a mere attitude)
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