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Re:New nuclear reactor designs promise safe, clean electricity by pauljurczak on Sunday April 12, 2020 @10:17PM (#22852541)
> your "waste" is pure helium

No. The cladding of fusion chamber is bombarded with neutrons and has to be replaced frequently, producing radioactive waste. This a drawback of all experimental designs today, AFAIK.

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Re:New nuclear reactor designs promise safe, clean electricity by p_l on Monday April 13, 2020 @02:52AM (#22853708)
The reason we don't have fusion is partially that the focus is on aneutronic fusion that doesn't have that problem.

JET could run above break-even in neutronic fuel cycle.

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