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minus-squareantonlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoMixed up fission and fusion there, they sound so similar in English. The comment talks about fusion.
minus-squaremarcos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoMost of the energy does not come from fusion.
minus-squareantonlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoIt does in modern designs, the first time it happened was in 1952. To quote Wikipedia: The first thermonuclear weapon detonation, where the vast majority of the yield comes from fusion, was the 1952 Ivy Mike test of a liquid deuterium-fusing device. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_fusion
Mixed up fission and fusion there, they sound so similar in English.
The comment talks about fusion.
Most of the energy does not come from fusion.
It does in modern designs, the first time it happened was in 1952.
To quote Wikipedia:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_fusion