diff --git a/code/modules/atmospherics/gasmixtures/reactions.dm b/code/modules/atmospherics/gasmixtures/reactions.dm
index 67bb932df2..cf64ee68b2 100644
--- a/code/modules/atmospherics/gasmixtures/reactions.dm
+++ b/code/modules/atmospherics/gasmixtures/reactions.dm
@@ -6,12 +6,14 @@
 #define PLASMA_MINIMUM_OXYGEN_PLASMA_RATIO	30
 #define PLASMA_OXYGEN_FULLBURN				10
 #define FIRE_CARBON_ENERGY_RELEASED			100000	//Amount of heat released per mole of burnt carbon into the tile
+#define FIRE_HYDROGEN_ENERGY_RELEASED		280000 // Amount of heat released per mole of burnt hydrogen and/or tritium(hydrogen isotope)
 #define FIRE_PLASMA_ENERGY_RELEASED			3000000	//Amount of heat released per mole of burnt plasma into the tile
 //General assmos defines.
 #define WATER_VAPOR_FREEZE					200
 #define NITRYL_FORMATION_ENERGY				100000
 #define TRITIUM_BURN_OXY_FACTOR				100
 #define TRITIUM_BURN_TRIT_FACTOR			10
+#define TRITIUM_BURN_RADIOACTIVITY_FACTOR	1000000 //The neutrons gotta go somewhere. Completely arbitrary number.
 #define SUPER_SATURATION_THRESHOLD			96
 #define STIMULUM_HEAT_SCALE					100000
 #define STIMULUM_FIRST_RISE					0.65
@@ -120,10 +122,12 @@
 			cached_gases[/datum/gas/oxygen][MOLES] -= cached_gases[/datum/gas/tritium][MOLES]
 
 		if(burned_fuel)
-			energy_released += FIRE_CARBON_ENERGY_RELEASED * burned_fuel
+			energy_released += FIRE_HYDROGEN_ENERGY_RELEASED * burned_fuel
+			if(location)
+				radiation_pulse(location, energy_released/TRITIUM_BURN_RADIOACTIVITY_FACTOR)
 
-			ASSERT_GAS(/datum/gas/carbon_dioxide, air)
-			cached_gases[/datum/gas/carbon_dioxide][MOLES] += burned_fuel/TRITIUM_BURN_OXY_FACTOR
+			ASSERT_GAS(/datum/gas/water_vapor, air) //oxygen+more-or-less hydrogen=H2O
+			cached_gases[/datum/gas/water_vapor][MOLES] += burned_fuel/TRITIUM_BURN_OXY_FACTOR
 
 			cached_results[id] += burned_fuel