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The cost of materials may be low for fission but convincing people to have a nuclear powerplant near there homes and engineering it to be safe are not. Fusion
by jabradoodle 4y ago
The cost of materials may be low for fission but convincing people to have a nuclear powerplant near there homes and engineering it to be safe are not.
Fusion on the other hand has no chance of a run away meltdown and the materials that are used are much easier to dispose of.
- rootusrootus 4y agoWe can make fission reactors now that have no chance of run away meltdown. Good luck convincing the public to live next to one anyway. I don't expect Average Joe is going to be willing to differentiate between fission and fusion in that regard.