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But fusion doesn't produce any waste does it?
by bastloing 2y ago
But fusion doesn't produce any waste does it?
- Permik 2y agoTechnically the helium produced is the waste product, but fortunately we have tons of uses for helium.
- jvanderbot 2y agoIt doesn't have reaction byproducts, if you don't count the reactor itself, which gets lots of neutrino bombardment and ends up glowing scrap metal.
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago> which gets lots of neutrino bombardment and ends up glowing scrap metal One, neutron. Two, doesn't glow. Three, aneutronic fusion is real.
- amluto 2y agoThe actual intended products of the fusion reactions are generally not radioactive and are rather harmless. But most proposed fusion reactions produce neutrons. Neutrons, unfortunately, can hit other nuclei and “activate” them, transmuting them into other isotopes that can be quite nasty. So fusion is far from perfect.