Re:Lawrence Livermore claims a milestone in laser fusion
by sterlind on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @01:57PM
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Couldn't you use regular fusor to generate neutrons to enrich uranium? Do you specifically need neutrons with the 14.1Mev energy produced by D-T fusion (which you can make in a regular fusor, if you have the tritium for it) or is there a path starting from lower energy levels? Or do fusors just not make enough neutrons for enrichment to be practical?
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Re:Lawrence Livermore claims a milestone in laser fusion
by simiones on Friday August 20, 2021 @08:42AM
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You probably could. However, the question wasn't whether fusion power plants are a bigger risk for nuclear weapons proliferation than other technologies, it was simply if they can be used for nuclear weapon development, to which the answer is yes, but not as easily as you can with fission power plants.