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fusion bomb

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fusion bomb [′fyü·zhən ‚bäm]
(ordnance)
A bomb that depends upon nuclear fusion for release of energy. Also known as fusion weapon.


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When Edward Teller turned his attention to the "super" or fusion bomb, Fuchs took over the calculations on the plutonium-implosion device.
He checks out fusion bombs in America, and also visits a fusion reactor in South Korea.
There, technicians trained in handling nuclear materials would add the tritium or deuterium composites that turn a plain old fission bomb into a massive thermonuclear fusion bomb.
 
 
 
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