Hybrid nuclear fusion–fission (hybrid nuclear power) is a proposed means of generating power by use of a combination of nuclear fusion and fission processes...
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boosted fission weapon usually refers to a type of nuclear bomb that uses a small amount of fusion fuel to increase the rate, and thus yield, of a fission reaction...
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the terms nuclear and thermonuclear, respectively. Nuclear fission separates or splits heavier atoms to form lighter atoms. Nuclear fusion combines lighter...
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the fragments (heating the bulk material where fission takes place). Like nuclear fusion, for fission to produce energy, the total binding energy of the...
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endothermic. The opposite is true for the reverse process, called nuclear fission. Nuclear fusion uses lighter elements, such as hydrogen and helium, which are...
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cheaper isotopes 233U or 239Pu in either fission breeder reactors or (much better) nuclear fusion–fission hybrid reactors. These other fissiles would have...
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Nuclear reprocessing is the chemical separation of fission products and actinides from spent nuclear fuel. Originally, reprocessing was used solely to...
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list (link) Winterberg, Friedwart (2000). "Autocatalytic fission–fusion microexplosions for nuclear pulse propulsion". Acta Astronautica. 47 (12): 879–883...
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fission fuel in a blanket of nuclear waste, a concept known as a fission-fusion hybrid. In these systems, the power output is enhanced by the fission...
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Project PACER (redirect from PACER (fusion))
avoid damage to the walls of the cavity. Nuclear pulse propulsion Project Gnome Nuclear fusion-fission hybrid Long 1976, p. 24. L.E. Elkins; R.L. Garwin;...
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