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> While it is absolutely true you could design a fusion reactor whose purpose was to create fissile material for bombs, that design would look nothing like a po
by abalone 10y ago
> While it is absolutely true you could design a fusion reactor whose purpose was to create fissile material for bombs, that design would look nothing like a power reactor
This directly contradicts the article:
"The open or clandestine production of plutonium 239 is possible in a fusion reactor simply by placing natural or depleted uranium oxide at any location where neutrons of any energy are flying about. The ocean of slowing-down neutrons that results from scattering of the streaming fusion neutrons on the reaction vessel permeates every nook and cranny of the reactor interior, including appendages to the reaction vessel."
- ChuckMcM 10y agoI challenge you to find anywhere in the ITER facility or NIF facility where you can insert, leave, or remove any amount of natural or depleted uranium oxide at all, much less where it could be exposed to neutron flux. There is a wealth of information on the iter site you can read to understand just how difficult it would be.