The device's primary source of neutron radiation was the radioactive element californium, but the stream of neutrons produced by the californium was multiplied by passing it through a lattice of highly enriched uranium U-235, whose nuclear fission released additional neutrons.

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Though destructive, the flood of neutrons produced by a tokamak is (or, rather, should be) the source of its power.

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