• PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Yeah, those cores will only detonate through a carefully orchestrated implosion explosion that, with the addition of a neutron reflector, triggers the plutonium to undergo fission as the volume it occupies collapses due to the explosive lenses.

    Or something like that, I’m not a physicist.

    • chuckleslord@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      That’s the gist of it, to my understanding. The demon core makes fission happen, but slower. Like slowly sprinkling raw sodium into a lake, compared to throwing all 50kg in at once.