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Butt whaddäbbaut https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aneutronic_fusion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aneutronic_fusion ?
by LargoLasskhyfv 2y ago
Butt whaddäbbaut https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aneutronic_fusion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aneutronic_fusion ?
- jiggawatts 2y agoI assume you're joking, but for others who might not realise: aneutronic fusion is mostly aneutronic, not entirely. Some neutrons are still released, and the reactor walls will still become radioactive over time, just slower. Oh, and also, the fuel types that do produce a usefully lower level of neutron radiation are absurdly hard to get to fuse. We're talking 100x harder than the "easy" D-T fusion... which in turn is five decades of technology development away from producing useful amounts of power. Aneutronic fusion reactors will be used on interstellar craft... in the 2100s. See the "residual radiation" section in the same article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aneutronic_fusion#Residual_radiation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aneutronic_fusion#Residual_rad...
- LargoLasskhyfv 2y agoHmmmm. Then let's try https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaseous_fission_reactor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaseous_fission_reactor instead!1!! :)