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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 | ||
** Observable properties of processing tech (plutonium's more intensely thermal) | |||
** Robustness of methodologies/materials/geometries (eg easiest to make a big, wasteful, HEU gun bomb) | |||
** Safety/reliability of materials/assemblies (Decay of Pu, tritium, polonium, neutron moderation by seawater, fire hazards) | |||
* Neutron sources - prompt neutrons - delayed neutrons - fast neutrons - slow neutrons - initiator design - neutron reflectors | * Neutron sources - prompt neutrons - delayed neutrons - fast neutrons - slow neutrons - initiator design - neutron reflectors | ||
* High explosives, Taylor-Rayleigh instabilities - assembly geometry - neutron multiplications | * High explosives, Taylor-Rayleigh instabilities - assembly geometry - neutron multiplications | ||
* Hydrides | |||
==Fusion Weapons and Boosting== | ==Fusion Weapons and Boosting== | ||
