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Re:Chinese Tokamak reaches over 100M degrees by pfdietz on Friday November 16, 2018 @07:35PM (#18473107)
Neutron radiation, plus the unfortunate geometric fact that the surface area/volume ratio of a fusion reactor will be low, compared to the fuel rod surface area/volume ratio in a fission reactor.

What this does is ensure that even operating right at the limits of neutron damage to the wall materials, the volumetric power density of a DT fusion reactor will suck. And that will destroy the economics.

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