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What is "zero-carbon" in this context? No graphite control rods?
by petermcneeley 4y ago
What is "zero-carbon" in this context? No graphite control rods?
- elil17 4y agoI think it's there for people who may not be familiar with what fusion energy is, so they can understand that it's a potential climate change solution.
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- ceejayoz 4y agoIt means no fossil fuels required to sustain the reaction, and no carbon emissions resulting from it.
- SuperFine 4y agoThere are no control rods in fusion reactors.
- FuckButtons 4y agoA fusion rector does not have control rods. It has a magnetic containment field around a plasma which is, something like 10x hotter than the sun. if you put a control rod in there it would instantly vaporize.
- HillRat 4y agoAt the risk of being pedantic, if this is the LLNL NIF, then it's ICF, not MCF, though putting a graphite rod at the heart of a laser-driven thermonuclear event probably looks about the same either way.
- drak0n1c 4y agoIt’s unnecessary greenwashing hyperbole. Of course there will still be carbon emissions from the production of the reactor parts and the sourcing of fuel ingredients. The potential benefits of working fusion are far greater than carbon worries, and the media sells it short with narrow-minded labeling.
- p0pcult 4y agoJust because you understand the impact of fusion on carbon emissions, does not mean >It’s unnecessary greenwashing hyperbole OP's question provides evidence that not all people understand the carbon benefits of this technology.