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Is there any reason for this to be less heavily regulated than fission plants/waste? Seems like that’s the major driver of cost? Are ridiculously massive contai
by ericd 3y ago
Is there any reason for this to be less heavily regulated than fission plants/waste? Seems like that’s the major driver of cost? Are ridiculously massive containment vessels less necessary, since it’s very off by default/without power input, rather than potentially very on?
- Filligree 3y agoNot much real reason for this to be less regulated. Still probably will be in practice, as fission is massively overregulated.
- pfdietz 3y agoSo, what do you propose as an alternative to nuclear regulation?
- compumike 3y agoYes. See https://adamswebsearch2.nrc.gov/webSearch2/main.jsp?AccessionNumber=ML23191A153 https://adamswebsearch2.nrc.gov/webSearch2/main.jsp?Accessio... "Rulemaking: Regulatory Framework for Fusion Energy Systems, NRC Public Meeting, July 12, 2023" and especially the graph on page 27, "Relative radiotoxicity" vs "Time after shutdown (years)" Also see https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2325/ML23258A145.pdf https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2325/ML23258A145.pdf "Fusion Systems Rulemaking: United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Preliminary Proposed Rule Language". The NRC are already proposing to regulate fusion reactors much more like particle accelerators (which can produce medical radioisotopes, for example), and less like fission reactors.
- ericd 3y agoAwesome, thanks!