Advantages: the fusion side doesn't have to quite hit breakeven, and on the fission side you can handily break apart any transuranic atom, even more effectively than fast reactors. It'll destroy any transuranic waste (which is most of our nuclear waste, and almost all the long-term waste), or directly fission thorium or unenriched uranium.
On the other hand, fission people don't like the complexity and fusion people don't like introducing all that hassle with fission products and decay heat. But it may well find a niche for nuclear waste elimination at least, and produce a lot of energy along the way.
Advantages: the fusion side doesn't have to quite hit breakeven, and on the fission side you can handily break apart any transuranic atom, even more effectively than fast reactors. It'll destroy any transuranic waste (which is most of our nuclear waste, and almost all the long-term waste), or directly fission thorium or unenriched uranium.
On the other hand, fission people don't like the complexity and fusion people don't like introducing all that hassle with fission products and decay heat. But it may well find a niche for nuclear waste elimination at least, and produce a lot of energy along the way.