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in practice it will not be so neat. I suspect it will be as polluting as fission, perhaps worse, as the contamination will be in the superstructure, not the wa
by jacknews 7y ago
in practice it will not be so neat.
I suspect it will be as polluting as fission, perhaps worse, as the contamination will be in the superstructure, not the waste. And less efficient, and even more expensive.
- DennisP 7y agoWhether it will be neat depends on the reactor design. MIT's for example 3D-prints the inner core and replaces it annually; it's surrounded by molten salt with a lot of lithium, and everything around that hinges so it can be opened up easily. Regardless, the waste won't need long-term containment. The economics of fusion reactors will also depend on the design. Some look economically feasible, others not so much. But it's clear that fusion is possible, contrary to the comment above.
- jacknews 7y agopossible, absolutely. but for sure no panacea.