Talk:Antimatter catalyzed nuclear pulse propulsion
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I just changed the invented date to "before" 1992 instead of "in" 1992, because I was an intern at JPL in 1991 studying the concept. I started in January of that year, and the concept was already being worked on, so it was presumably invented sometime in 1990 or earlier. I don't have any cites other than the reference number of the internal JPL document I wrote. It is JPL internal document #D-8672, published in July 1991. Tom 04:18, August 23, 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Confirmation
- Although the reaction energy of a fusion reaction is about 1/10th that of a fission reaction, the Li-D fuel used in these reactions is much lighter.
Do I misunderstand the concept of "reaction energy", or is it possible that fission and fusion are swapped here. Please note that I'm no physicist, so this is merely a request for confirmation.--Malcohol 12:28, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
The energy per reaction for a fusion reaction is a mere 5-20 MeV, while a fission reaction produces over 180 MeV per reaction. However, uranium used in fission masses at 235 AMUs per nucleus, while the fusion fuel is a mere 2 or 3 AMUs, making fusion considerably more efficient. The fuel is also cheaper and does not need enrichment.Dark Shikari 17:57, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] The last paragraph
very unclear. Midgley 23:31, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Silly Question About Thorium Fission
I think that Thorium is a naturally fissile material, but I am unaware of whether or not fission based bombs can be made out of it. Can fission based bombs be made from Thorium at all (Certainly, it can be used in nuclear fuel cycles). With antimatter seeding (catalyzation, or whatever) could thorium be made to explode if seeded in a particular way (certainly this should be possible for a supercritical nuclear mass - but what about a subcritical one?). --Nukemason4
