Talk:Hydrogen

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Why was the fission reference removed? -- Jarogers2001 21:03, 20 January 2007 (PST)

Because it was incorrect. Deuterium and Tritium are NOT used for fission. Heavy water can be used as a moderator for some types of nuclear fission, but that is a different topic (and heavy water is not the same thing as Deuterium). Somebody could possibly write something up on that if they are knowledgeable, but I do not think it is particularly relevant to lunar development. A page on nuclear fission power sources is probably something which we do need, but Light/heavy water moderated reactor might not be suitable for space/lunar - there seems to be a lot more interest in particle bed fission reactor for space/lunar applications Charles F. Radley 06:48, 21 January 2007 (PST)