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To: Fury
The trigger is tritium which has a half life of 12.3 years, and a usefull life in this application of 8 years.
102 posted on 12/14/2002 6:00:33 PM PST by babygene
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To: babygene
No, tritium is the booster. Beryllium is the trigger.

Beryllium's half-life is 53 days.

105 posted on 12/14/2002 6:04:08 PM PST by Southack
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