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So much this. The fusion projects are all huge and expensive. Compare this with the relative ease with which viable fission reactors were made. The first use

So much this. The fusion projects are all huge and expensive. Compare this with the relative ease with which viable fission reactors were made. The first useful (designed for plutonium production, but could produce power) reactor took only a year: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-10_Graphite_Reactor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-10_Graphite_Reactor

willis936 7y ago
It didn't take very long for people to tickle the dragon either. Of all the plasma confinement research devices made I have not heard of a single person even getting a shock, let alone an X-ray dose. Fission is an inherently dangerous process to work with.