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Fission has a very different risk profile than fusion. Additionally making a fusion plant isn't a stepping stone to making a nuclear bomb
by X6S1x6Okd1st 2y ago
Fission has a very different risk profile than fusion.
Additionally making a fusion plant isn't a stepping stone to making a nuclear bomb
- robocat 2y ago> making a fusion plant isn't a stepping stone to making a nuclear bomb In theory a fusion plant can use the neutrons to irradiate the right chemical element to produce Plutonium-239 or Uranium-233. It has been estimated that each 14.1 MeV fusion neutron could be used to produce up to 0.64 plutonium or 233U atoms [4] assuming a TBR of 1.06. This corresponds to 2.85 kg plutonium per MW-year of DT fusion power production, assuming that all of the neutrons are captured in the blanket. https://duckduckgo.com/?q=proliferation+risk+fusion https://duckduckgo.com/?q=proliferation+risk+fusion for more info
- usrnm 2y ago> making a fusion plant isn't a stepping stone to making a nuclear bomb What about a hydrogen bomb?
- Jensson 2y agoHow would you make a bomb out of a tokamak? It is barely stable enough to generate the little heat required to generate energy, any disruption to that will just put out the reaction it wont explode. Fusion bombs requires fission bombs as a fuse to have enough heat to explode, fusion reactors wont even come close to that.