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Fusion is irrelevant. It marginally reduces the size of a fission plant, a non-problem. It presents klingon level engineering problems. The feedstock and its
by kumarski 5y ago
Fusion is irrelevant.
It marginally reduces the size of a fission plant, a non-problem.
It presents klingon level engineering problems.
The feedstock and its subsequent volatility are civilization grade problems.
In the designs I've seen thrown around, you end up generating tritium and helium inside the lithium reactor cover/blanket.
I'm not saying we shouldn't pursue it for research purposes, but the desire to research is politically/emotionally driven and not based on the discovery of any recent phenomena.
- drexlspivey 5y agoHow about the fact that it doesnt produce toxic waste and the reactor cannot meltdown, the two biggest problems of fission?
- kumarski 5y agoAre you comparing it to Chernobyl?
- javcasas 5y agoParent comment has a point: given a power plant and a hostile attacker/incompetent crew, it's preferable it becoming a blackout and 1 square km of rubble over a blackout, 1 square kilometer of radioactive rubble and 2600 square kilometers of radioactive exclusion zone.
- pfdietz 5y agoThose are not the two biggest problems of fission. The biggest problem of fission is that it costs too much. Fusion makes that problem worse.
- KarlKemp 5y agoThat’s fine. Unfortunately, it also doesn’t produce energy.