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tl;dr version: The problem you guys have is that you assume people will be people and fuck it all up.Well, they're right, but that doesn't mean said things are bad.
Wikipedia, and other sources tell me that the fission part delivers the largest amount of the power. Modern multimegation thermonuclear warheads use a 3 or more stage reaction. A nuclear warheads sets of a fusion reaction, which then expells neutrons which cause the detonation of second shell of nuclear material. (Bonus for this is that the outer layer doesn't need to be weapongrade)It widely depends on the design of the bomb. Some bombs have more than 3 stages (notably URRS ones), and some have fission third stage or fusion third stage. Each reaction also feeds from the others.
So yeah, the plant produces radiation, but not directly. As for He-3 deuterium fusion. Wikipedia Scientific PDF.That definitively looks like something that will happens at best at 2nd generation fusion reactors. With current technology, there's no really point, because it requires more energy (higher temperature requirement), which means less outcome, and there's no real useful application of the electrons. The good point would be no radioactive waste (radioactive != radioactive waste, in occurences and effects), which isn't really worrying.
I wonder if the poem's misunderstanding of Islam comes from ignorance, or if it's deliberate. How much did the average Christian know about the average Muslim in France at that time (1100ish)? was it a way of denying the fact that Muslims worshiped the same god as they did?In 1100s, you could as well say Heretic as Muslim in Europe (but Spain). I think even most of people who were able to read (monks) didn't know it was the same god.
-The Guard dies, but does not surrender.
-Merde !
There are no fusion only bombs. (To be fair, there are a few designs for them, but those are theoretical. The so called neutron bombs).This is what I said. Hydrogen bombs use the energy from the atomic bomb for a fusion reaction, which produce the thermonuclear explosion. I have a bit of doubt about from what reaction comes the most power, because that's not exactly what tells me other sources, nor correspond with the development "booster" and "super" design. But there's no really public studies about it.
No matter what the ultimate system is, I think we'll see breakeven before the end of the decade, and commercial power production perhaps ten years after that point.
If France can avoid Mali becoming the latest Vietnam I will be suprised, but people need to leave them to make the mistake instead of thinking they can jump in and make some kind of a difference. Thankfully the UK seems to have learnt this from its own adventures in the middle east and isnt providing combatants yet.
The only reason the hydrogen bomb comes out positive is because you want to produce heat (so a 100% recuperation efficiency), and because the fusion stage is actually used as a trigger for the ternary fission stage.You're not talking about hydrogen bombs, but about improved atomic bombs that use fusion to accelerate the fission reaction. Hydrogen bombs are in 2 parts : an atomic bomb, and an hydrogen bomb. The atomic bomb will detonate, allowing the fusion reaction, which is the thermonuclear explosion.
Secondly, fusion plants are still radioactive. They just don't produce radioactive waste. The reaction does produce errant particles, which have to be stopped. This also causes lot's of wear on the inner reactor plating. Second gen fusion would mostly solve this, as electricity is litteraly a product of the reaction.
While the primary fuel is easy to find, both tritium and He-3 are extremely hard to find. The first can be made in labratories and in the reactor itself, but it still increases costs.
Other problems with fusion is the fact that they have to be extremely large scale, operate a ludricous temperatures* and cost a lot.
*The main point of the Iter is to test if the design can actually resist the heat.
And, PanH, there's a big difference between a bomb and a reactor. If you can't tell which a design is going to be, it's wrong no matter what the intention is.A bomb is a reactor (well, for atomic bombs at least).
Generalizations like that are bad. People are attracted to people.
Not as likely as you would think. I have a source for this, Take the Milgram Experiments
There is some civilians [Fusion generator] prototypes running, and an important test plant should be finished in 2020 (including already 3 years late). Lots of prototypes are running since years, even though they're mainly about testing, potential uses, and not much about energy production.Wut? I've not heard a thing about fusion power, civilian or military, having been "in use" at all. They've got various machines where, for a few milliseconds or so they can pump in a huge amount of power and momentarily get... well, I'm not even sure if they've broken even, just yet, but a (not so?) huge amount back for just that moment, straight from the fusion (or from the heat generated, or something)... But they're a long way from being self-sustaining.
And it's already used since decades in military devices.
Unless I've been asleep and missed something.
While fusion is indeed promising, I doubt we'll see it soon. Sustainable Fusion generator power's output ranges from a midsize nuclear generator to a small country.There is some civilians prototypes running, and an important test plant should be finished in 2020 (including already 3 years late). Lots of prototypes are running since years, even though they're mainly about testing, potential uses, and not much about energy production.
