Nuclear weapons: Difference between revisions

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* Th232 - U233 - U235 - U238 - Pu249 - Pu240 - minor actinides - transuranics - fissile, fissionable, fertile
* Th232 - U233 - U235 - U238 - Pu249 - Pu240 - minor actinides - transuranics - fissile, fissionable, fertile
* Enrichment levels - enrichment methods - degradation - downblending
* Enrichment levels - enrichment methods - degradation - downblending
* Neutron sources - prompt neutrons - delayed neutrons - fast neutrons - slow neutrons - initiator design
* Neutron sources - prompt neutrons - delayed neutrons - fast neutrons - slow neutrons - initiator design - neutron reflectors
* High explosives, Taylor-Releigh instabilities - assembly geometry
* High explosives, Taylor-Releigh instabilities - assembly geometry