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Old 03-12-2009, 02:51 AM
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Originally Posted by kato13
I think the only difference between fission and fusion would be the amount of fallout. A pure fission bomb would have proportionally more radioactivity as the unfissled Uranium and Plutonium would be more dangerous than the deuterium.
I see where you are coming from but most fallout isn't from the leftover nuclear fuel (that would be a tiny proportion of the fallout).
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