The danger is not the same between fusion and fission. Firstly, 10 years worth of energy is inside a fission reactor and is capable of releasing most of that e

The danger is not the same between fusion and fission. Firstly, 10 years worth of energy is inside a fission reactor and is capable of releasing most of that energy in an instant if not properly controlled. This cannot happen in a fusion reactor. A year's worth of fuel is in a gas tank on the wall and needs absurd conditions to ignite. It cannot happen spontaneously. Secondly, the exhaust is helium-4: a stable isotape of a valuable element. Thirdly, the neutron bombardment in a fusion reactor activate the materials they hit. If they hit lithium then they make tritium: a much needed isotape for fuel in first generation fusion reactors. The other materials they hit are chosen to have half-lives of less than 100 years. So you have a nuclear site that no one's allowed to touch for a while then you can recycle the materials. It's nothing like the transuranium nuclear waste from fission plants.