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by: Andrew McDowell - Sun, 28 Nov 2021 18:17 UTC

On Sunday, November 28, 2021 at 5:33:19 PM UTC, Scott Lurndal wrote:
> https://generalfusion.com/technology-magnetized-target-fusion/
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> Who needs lasers?
One of the non-laser schemes is to explode currently available fusion bombs underground and recover the heat generated. Would it be possible to create a fission-triggered deuterium helium-3 fusion bomb? How would the radioactivity generated per recoverable unit of electricity compare with nuclear fission in powerplants? (remembering that deuterium helium-3 fusion yields no high energy neutrons)

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by: James Nicoll - Sun, 28 Nov 2021 19:02 UTC

In article <2b79d0f1-cea7-4a58-8eed-af6c90df5af5n@googlegroups.com>,
Andrew McDowell <mcdowell_ag@sky.com> wrote:
>On Sunday, November 28, 2021 at 5:33:19 PM UTC, Scott Lurndal wrote:
>> https://generalfusion.com/technology-magnetized-target-fusion/
>>
>> Who needs lasers?
>One of the non-laser schemes is to explode currently available fusion bombs
>underground and recover the heat generated. Would it be possible to create a
>fission-triggered deuterium helium-3 fusion bomb? How would the radioactivity
>generated per recoverable unit of electricity compare with nuclear fission in
>powerplants? (remembering that deuterium helium-3 fusion yields no high energy
>neutrons)

D+3He fusion will also have D+D side reactions which do produce neutrons. Also,
3He isn't exactly easy to come by and is consequently pricy. Easier to use
conventional reactions and bribe local authorities to turn a blind eye to
the radioisotope hazard. Nobody is going to care if a few Nevadans have two
heads or tentacles.
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Subject	Author
Steampunk is the future?	Scott Lurndal
Re: Steampunk is the future?	Andrew McDowell
Re: Steampunk is the future?	James Nicoll