re: #215 ArchangelMichael

It beta decays to Helium 3. Still no neutrons. You can stop beta radiation with a piece of aluminum foil.

Yes it does, but what happens if you super heat it and it reacts with some of the deuterium? Where do thermal neutrons come from?

Tritium wouldn’t make a very good external neutron initiator if you didn’t get neutrons from somewhere…