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There already are small scale fission reactors. USSR launched satellites powered by them (one even infamously fell on Canada). From military use, why would you
by weregiraffe 6y ago
There already are small scale fission reactors. USSR launched satellites powered by them (one even infamously fell on Canada). From military use, why would you need fusion?
- leetcrew 6y agofuel security could be one reason. it's much easier to find deuterium and lithium than fissile material.
- colechristensen 6y agoThose space based reactors would have a hard time powering a single house, and the highly enriched fuels in a highly mobile platform would be a disaster. Those are about kilowatts. This containerized fusion concept is planned to have the capacity for one unit to power a small city or a naval ship, many megawatts.