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.
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.
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.
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.