Fission device: Revision history

17 August 2024

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29 March 2024

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25 March 2024

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18 March 2024

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15 March 2024

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11 September 2013

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10 June 2011

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• curprev 15:5915:59, 10 June 2011‎ imported>Milton Beychok‎ 19,102 bytes +14,955‎ Added a wiki link. Corrected MT to Mt

27 September 2010

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15 May 2010

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8 May 2010

• curprev 23:0123:01, 8 May 2010‎ imported>Howard C. Berkowitz‎ 18,785 bytes +2,204‎ →‎Improving fission efficiency: boosted fission
• curprev 23:0023:00, 8 May 2010‎ imported>Howard C. Berkowitz‎ 18,783 bytes +2,202‎ More on oblate primaries -- thinking of moving implosion to separate article but not sure how to handle boosting and reflection

5 May 2010

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3 May 2010

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30 April 2010

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29 April 2010

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28 April 2010

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27 April 2010

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9 January 2010

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4 January 2010

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19 December 2009

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16 December 2009

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31 May 2009

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10 May 2009

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25 March 2009

• curprev 15:3415:34, 25 March 2009‎ imported>Howard C. Berkowitz‎ 13,591 bytes +12‎ →‎Implosion system design

15 September 2008

• curprev 10:5510:55, 15 September 2008‎ imported>Howard C. Berkowitz‎ m 13,579 bytes 0‎ Fission bomb moved to Fission device: More general
• curprev 10:5410:54, 15 September 2008‎ imported>Howard C. Berkowitz‎ 13,579 bytes 0‎ link fix
• curprev 10:5310:53, 15 September 2008‎ imported>Howard C. Berkowitz‎ 13,579 bytes +9,432‎ Devices, bombs, warheads
• curprev 09:1509:15, 15 September 2008‎ imported>Chris Day‎ m 12,601 bytes 0‎ Nuclear weapon/Fission bomb moved to Fission bomb

6 July 2008

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3 July 2008

• curprev 11:1811:18, 3 July 2008‎ imported>Howard C. Berkowitz‎ 12,598 bytes +25‎ linked W-47. Need to work on reflectors, drivers, as well as safety mechanisms, without getting too technical
• curprev 11:1711:17, 3 July 2008‎ imported>Howard C. Berkowitz‎ 12,573 bytes 0‎ Typo fix. Still need to work on reflector and drivers; do not want to get too technical
• curprev 11:1611:16, 3 July 2008‎ imported>Howard C. Berkowitz‎ 12,573 bytes +9,474‎ Much more technical detail about fission, still need reflector and mass drivers, but concern is keeping this acceptably nontechnical
• curprev 10:1810:18, 3 July 2008‎ imported>Howard C. Berkowitz‎ 6,245 bytes +3,146‎ →‎Implosion system design
• curprev 00:2600:26, 3 July 2008‎ imported>Howard C. Berkowitz‎ 3,099 bytes −1,048‎ Moving bibliography from this subpage, which is only about engineering detail, not history
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• curprev 00:1700:17, 3 July 2008‎ imported>Richard Jensen‎ 3,996 bytes +897‎ add bibl

19 June 2008

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• curprev 18:4118:41, 19 June 2008‎ imported>Howard C. Berkowitz‎ 3,071 bytes +2,353‎ Methods of inducing criticality
• curprev 18:0918:09, 19 June 2008‎ imported>Howard C. Berkowitz‎ 718 bytes +718‎ New page: {{subpages}} From a nontechnical standpoint, '''nuclear fission''' is the mechanism that causes the intense energy release of a fission weapon. In this context, the nucleus of a radioactiv...