0¼0¼0¼1¼-1¼-1¼-1¼Boosted fission¼Boosted fission weapons involve adding a small quantity of deuterium-tritium mixture to a normal fission core, producing a fusion reaction when the temperature of the fission reaction gets high enough. ¼7¼-1¼-1¼-1¼-1¼-1¼-1¼-1¼-1
1¼0¼120¼2¼-1¼-1¼-1¼New isotope¼A new fissile isotope has been identified which is capable of being used in the current generation of nuclear weapons but is much more cost-effective than uranium or plutonium.¼8¼-1¼-1¼-1¼-1¼-1¼-1¼-1¼-1
2¼0¼140¼3¼-1¼-1¼-1¼Catalytic breeder¼Scientists have made a prototype of a new kind of fast breeder to make fissile materials for nuclear weapons. The breeder uses a catalytic technique which makes the process both cheaper and safer.¼9¼-1¼-1¼-1¼-1¼-1¼-1¼-1¼-1
3¼0¼80¼4¼-1¼-1¼-1¼Sub-critical detonator¼A new testing procedure can test a nuclear device at subcritical masses, allowing a test to be conducted without producing a nuclear explosion or the release of dangerous radioactivity into the environment.¼10¼-1¼-1¼-1¼-1¼-1¼-1¼-1¼-1
4¼0¼100¼-1¼-1¼-1¼-1¼Supermagnetic compression¼Supermagnetic compression produces cold fusion reaction, dispensing with the need for a fission detonator.¼11¼-1¼-1¼-1¼-1¼-1¼-1¼-1¼-1
5¼2¼0¼6¼-1¼-1¼-1¼Precision farming¼Precision farming is a complex approach to farming combining various technologies for optimum land use.¼-1¼7¼7¼7¼7¼7¼-1¼-1¼-1
6¼2¼100¼7¼-1¼-1¼-1¼Hormone treatment¼Growth hormones are fed to cattle to increase the meat yield.¼-1¼8¼8¼8¼8¼8¼-1¼-1¼-1
7¼2¼100¼8¼-1¼-1¼-1¼Genetic engineering¼The genetic make-up of crops is modified to introduce favorable characteristics, such as resistance to disease.¼-1¼10¼10¼10¼10¼10¼-1¼-1¼-1
8¼2¼500¼-1¼-1¼-1¼-1¼Cloning¼Cloning enables farmers to produce as much plant or animal life as the land can sustain.¼-1¼13¼13¼13¼13¼13¼-1¼-1¼-1
9¼3¼0¼10¼-1¼-1¼-1¼Robots¼Assembly-line robots with an efficiency superior to human workers can work round the clock and reduce human input to supervision.¼-1¼-1¼-1¼-1¼-1¼-1¼7¼7¼-1
10¼3¼80¼11¼-1¼-1¼-1¼Intelligent sub-assembly systems¼Intelligent sub-assembly systems reduce dependence on cumbersome robots, and are built directly into the production line.¼-1¼-1¼-1¼-1¼-1¼-1¼8¼8¼-1
11¼3¼150¼12¼-1¼-1¼-1¼Direct recycling¼Direct recycling is a giant step forward in production technology, allowing waste from the production system to be immediately recycled to make products, without quality mitigation.¼-1¼-1¼-1¼-1¼-1¼-1¼9¼9¼-1
12¼3¼120¼13¼-1¼-1¼-1¼Robot update¼New production-line robots have halved reaction times and greatly improved CPU-to-hand coordination.¼-1¼-1¼-1¼-1¼-1¼-1¼11¼11¼-1
13¼3¼120¼-1¼-1¼-1¼-1¼Self-regulating production line¼The self-regulating production line takes information from a central computer, informed in turn by the production-line robots. This system allows the robots a small amount of initiative.¼-1¼-1¼-1¼-1¼-1¼-1¼13¼13¼-1
