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		psunavy03 on Aug 8, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Third Atomic Bomb Criticality is what you get in a nuclear reactor and what killed Slotkin. Supercriticality requires explosives. One is a self-sustaining chain reaction, the other is a runaway chain reaction.

dumah on Aug 9, 2024 [–]

No, super-criticality occurs in a nuclear reactor when ever the neutron population is increasing.

You might be conflating that condition with prompt criticality.

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