A pure fusion weapon is a hypothetical hydrogen bomb design that does not need a fission "primary" explosive to ignite the fusion of deuterium and tritium...

a pure fission weapon). Its detonation causes it to shine intensely with X-rays, which illuminate and implode the second stage filled with fusion fuel...

to initiate fusion, and a pure fusion weapon remains a hypothetical device. Nuclear explosions are used in nuclear weapons and nuclear testing. Nuclear...

(fission or atomic bomb) or a combination of fission and fusion reactions (thermonuclear weapon), producing a nuclear explosion. Both bomb types release...

possibly "fission-free" (very low nuclear fallout) weapons (see pure fusion weapon). An antimatter weapon is a part of the plot of the Dan Brown book Angels...

especially the actinides. Applications of fusion include fusion power, thermonuclear weapons, boosted fission weapons, neutron sources, and superheavy element...

The neutron release generated by a nuclear fusion reaction is intentionally allowed to escape the weapon, rather than being absorbed by its other components...

thermonuclear weapons, commonly called hydrogen bombs, which use a pure fission or boosted fission primary stage to ignite nuclear fusion in a secondary...

Thermonuclear Quest: The Potential of Explosive Fusion Research for the Development of Pure Fusion Weapons"" (PDF). p. 4. Pruitt (1963). "High Energy X-Ray...

thermonuclear weapon, fusion weapon or hydrogen bomb (H-bomb) is a second-generation nuclear weapon, utilizing nuclear fusion. The most destructive weapons ever...

Nuclear fusion bombs can have arbitrarily high yields making them hundreds or thousands of times more powerful than nuclear fission. A pure fusion weapon is...

Nuclear-powered locomotive Nuclear-powered tank Nuclear shaped charge Pure fusion weapon Reduced moderation water reactor Subcritical fission bomb Supercritical...

Wipeout Pure (stylised as wipE′out pṳrE) is a 2005 racing video game developed by Studio Liverpool and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the...

technical hurdles, ICF research could lead to the creation of a "pure fusion weapon". ICF has the potential to produce orders of magnitude more neutrons...

inertial confinement fusion rules out weaponization". In 1998, Princeton policy researchers published "The question of pure fusion explosions under the...

previously placed pure fusion weapons detonate, destroying Washington, D.C. and Chicago. This is followed by additional pure fusion weapon strikes, which...

a fusion bomb. If this turns out to be the case, it might allow a fusion bomb to be constructed with no fissile material inside (i.e. a pure fusion weapon);...

amount of weapon yield compared to the mass of the weapon. The practical maximum yield-to-weight ratio for fusion weapons (thermonuclear weapons) has been...

carry higher development and operations risks. Nuclear weapon design#Clean bombs Pure fusion weapon "Announcement of Treaty on Underground Nuclear Explosions...

Fusion power is a proposed form of power generation that would generate electricity by using heat from nuclear fusion reactions. In a fusion process, two...

quickly engage in thermonuclear fusion, releasing abundant energy, helium-4, and even more free neutrons. "Pure" fusion weapons such as the Tsar Bomba are...

ignite nuclear fusion in a secondary. This is in contrast to the simpler design and usage of nuclear fusion in boosted fission weapons. The design is...

abandonment of the hybrid approach for LIFE, which was then re-designed as a pure-fusion system. LIFE was cancelled when the underlying technology, from the National...

Aneutronic fusion is any form of fusion power in which very little of the energy released is carried by neutrons. While the lowest-threshold nuclear fusion reactions...

intended to be weapons at some point received a number designation. Pure test units which were experiments (and not intended to be weapons) are not numbered...

resulting fusion reaction causes 238U nuclei to split and adds more energy to the "yield" of the weapon. Such weapons are referred to as fission-fusion-fission...

irrelevant in mid-1950s with the advent of fusion boosting, and later with using of fusion weapons. The yield of a weapon can also be controlled by selecting...

mercury: Is there a pure-fusion bomb for sale?". International Defense Review (6): 79–81. Croddy, Eric; Wirtz, James J. (2005). Weapons of Mass Destruction:...

the largest ever pure fission weapon, exceeding the US Ivy King test, or the largest boosted fission weapon. Orange Herald was a fusion boosted British...

Wipeout Fusion at an "older, savvier crowd" by making it stand out from the F-Zero series, which some critics had often compared it to. Wipeout Pure (stylised...