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There is the bet that DT fusion will be ahead on energy out > energy in, but due to neutron radiation issues won't be the first technology to break dollars out
by zardo 3y ago
There is the bet that DT fusion will be ahead on energy out > energy in, but due to neutron radiation issues won't be the first technology to break dollars out > dollars in.
- credit_guy 3y agoAnd why would that be so? The neutron radiation results in short term radioactivity, not in transuranic isotopes. Separately, there are no neutron-free fusion cycles. All the so-called neutron free fusion proposals require huge temperatures, and at those temperatures there are always secondary fusion events that produce neutrons.
- rbanffy 3y ago> The neutron radiation results in short term radioactivity, From what I read, it also weakens the material and, thus, requires the reactor to be dismantled on regular schedules.