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Yes and no. Depending on the fusion process, the fuel can be radioactive: DT for example, Tritium, Hydrogen-3 is a beta emitter. But it certainly isn't as bad o
by noobermin 7y ago
Yes and no. Depending on the fusion process, the fuel can be radioactive: DT for example, Tritium, Hydrogen-3 is a beta emitter. But it certainly isn't as bad of a thing especially compared to Uranium and friends.
EDIT: see other comment, DT produces neutrons which can be bad, I still think the amount nastiness is small compared to say Chernobyl.
- xyzzyz 7y ago> But it certainly isn't as bad of a thing especially compared to Uranium and friends. Tritium is something like 10 orders of magnitude more radioactive than uranium (in terms of its specific activity). Uranium itself is so low in radioactivity that the bigger risk when handling it is heavy metal poisoning. The by-products of fissions are much more radioactive, though.
- noobermin 7y agoThe by-products is what I meant when I said Uranium and friends.