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We're making important strides on fusion too, which makes fission look like a waste of radiological material, in comparison.
by anonym29 4y ago
We're making important strides on fusion too, which makes fission look like a waste of radiological material, in comparison.
- wongarsu 4y agoThey are not really competing for the same material. Fission smashes neutrons into big atoms to make them smaller, fusion smashes small atoms into each other to make them bigger. Both work by making atoms of the more stable medium-sized variety, and extracting the energy of that process. But yeah, looks like commercial fusion reactors are getting closer.
- lll-o-lll 4y agoHa! We need a 100x or 1000x improvement in efficiency before a commercial power station becomes viable. I can’t see fusion energy being a reality in my lifetime.
- thfuran 4y agoAren't we still on the "fusion never" funding timeline? I mean, we might accidentally luck into it, but it's not like we're really trying hard.