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A small fission reactor is also incredibly dangerous and will always require exotic material. A fusion reactor does not pose environmental risk and could event
by devmor 4y ago
A small fission reactor is also incredibly dangerous and will always require exotic material.
A fusion reactor does not pose environmental risk and could eventually run on highly available basic elements for everything after the initial "startup" once the technology progresses.
- panick21_ 4y agoWhat exotic materials? Molten salts and steel is most of it. These reactors have essentially 0% chance to have airborn escape of radiation. An fusion reactors don't actually run on basic elements. The require a fuel that is specially breed. And when they operate they have radioactive materials that can go airborn.