• Left as Center@jlai.lu
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    1 day ago

    Uranium 235 or plutonium 239, may be completed with Hydrogen for more energy release: deuterium and tritium.

    AFIK natural uranium is mainly centrifugated for the heavier 238 and lighter 235 to separate. Enriched uranium is just having a higher percentage of 235.

    Plutonium 238 is man made in reactors

    • ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world
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      17 hours ago

      may be completed with Hydrogen for more energy release

      Uh, that understates things a little bit. Hydrogen bombs (which utilize fission for triggering the fusion reaction) are generally a few orders of magnitude more powerful than fission bombs. The opposite is more accurate: fusion bombs that use spent Uranium as a tamper roughly double their yield.