In reply to Kyle Mcallister's message of Sun, 7 Dec 2008 15:23:31 -0800 (PST): Hi, [snip] >We're not talking the same thing, at least on a sense >of 'relative scaling'. For instance, let's say you >have a bomb which produces a blast of 57 megatons, 97% >of which comes from fusion alone (very clean). As luck >(?!) has it, this was built and tested by the USSR: > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsar_Bomba > >If we knock off that 3% and use what's left as a basis >for pure-fusion (in my scenario), we've got a bit more >than a 55 megaton bomb. That is not a neutron bomb, >it's a crustbuster. [snip] It may be a "crustbuster", but it will still produce many more neutrons than what normally passes for a neutron-bomb. Each D-T fusion reaction produces one very fast neutron, so the bigger the bang, the more neutrons.
Regards, Robin van Spaandonk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
