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Data: MAVEN
Trigger word:
fission
Event Types (Count):
NegTrigger (12)
Negative Trigger
Also
tested
Testing
were
fission
devices
intended
to
be
used
Using
as
primaries
for
thermonuclear
weapons
,
and
small
tactical
weapons
for
air
defense
Defending
.
Because
the
yields
for
many
tests
at
``
Operation
Castle
''
in
1954
were
dramatically
higher
than
predictions
,
``
Redwing
''
was
conducted
Action
using
Using
an
``
energy
budget
''
:
There
were
limits
Limiting
to
the
total
amount
of
energy
released
,
and
the
amount
of
fission
yield
was
also
strictly
controlled
Control
.
Fission
,
primarily
``
fast
''
fission
of
the
natural
uranium
tamper
surrounding
Surrounding
the
fusion
capsule
,
greatly
increases
Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale
the
yield
of
thermonuclear
devices
,
and
constitutes
the
great
majority
of
the
fallout
,
as
nuclear
fusion
is
a
relatively
clean
reaction
.
the
united
kingdom
atomic
energy
authority
atomic
weapons
research
Research
establishment
at
aldermaston
produced
Manufacturing
three
designs
:
orange
herald
,
a
large
boosted
fission
weapon
;
green
bamboo
,
an
interim
thermonuclear
design
;
and
green
granite
,
a
true
thermonuclear
weapon
.
This
was
a
true
hydrogen
bomb
,
but
most
of
the
yield
came from
nuclear
fission
rather
than
nuclear
fusion
.
The
design
of
Grapple
Y
was
notably
successful
because
much
of
its
yield
came from
its
thermonuclear
reaction
instead
of
fission
of
a
heavy
uranium-238
tamper
,
making it
Causation
a
true
hydrogen
bomb
Attack
,
and
because
its
yield
had
been
closely
predicted—indicating
that
its
designers
understood
Know
what
they
were
doing
.
The
tests
achieved
Achieve
their
main
objective
of
giving
Giving
India
the
capability
to
build
Building
fission
and
thermonuclear
weapons
with
yields
up
to
200
Kilotons
.
``
Pokhran-II
''
consisted
of
five
detonations
,
the
first
of
which
was
a
fusion
bomb
Use_firearm
while
the
remaining
four
were
fission
bombs
.
The
tests
were
initiated
Process_start
on
11
May
1998
,
under
the
assigned
code
name
``
Operation
Shakti
''
,
with
the
detonation
of
one
fusion
and
two
fission
bombs
.
On
13
May
1998
,
two
additional
fission
devices
were
detonated
Attack
,
and
the
Indian
government
led
by
Prime
Minister
Atal
Bihari
Vajpayee
shortly
convened
Come_together
a
press
conference
to
declare
Expressing_publicly
India
a
full-fledged
nuclear
state
.
On
detecting
Know
the
earthquake
,
the
active
reactors
automatically
shut down
Being_in_operation
their
fission
reactions
.
Critically
,
they
were
powering
Supply
the
pumps
that
circulated
coolant
through
the
reactors
'
cores
to
remove
Removing
decay
heat
,
which
continues
after
fission
has
ceased
Process_end
.
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