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> your "waste" is pure helium No. The cladding of fusion chamber is bombarded with neutrons and has to be replaced frequently, producing radioactive waste. Thi
by pauljurczak 7y ago
> your "waste" is pure helium
No. The cladding of fusion chamber is bombarded with neutrons and has to be replaced frequently, producing radioactive waste. This a drawback of all experimental designs today, AFAIK.
- p_l 7y agoThe reason we don't have fusion is partially that the focus is on aneutronic fusion that doesn't have that problem. JET could run above break-even in neutronic fuel cycle.