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> yet it's compared to science fiction that has been decades away for half a century. That's fusion, not fission. Though certainly it's possible fission has m
by adhesive_wombat 4y ago
> yet it's compared to science fiction that has been decades away for half a century.
That's fusion, not fission.
Though certainly it's possible fission has missed the window and, by the time terawatts of it could be designed, approved and built, solar, wind and others will have taken over.
- Schroedingersat 4y agoFission at scale is science fiction. There are no closed loop fuel cycles and 6TWe of PWR reactors would exhaust world reserves un under 5 years. Reprocessing all of the waste adds maybe a year, and enriching the tailings adds maybe another year. Sea mining and breeders are significantly less real than 46% efficient solar or 1200Wh/kg AlS batteries.