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Re:MIT-designed project achieves major advance toward fusion... by pjerem on Thursday September 09, 2021 @02:45AM (#28466997)
Maybe I’m wrong but fission also don’t need extreme cooling utilities. And fission seems to be way more secure than fusion. So, while I do agree on the « new tech » costs, I’m pretty confident we’ll be able to build this plants anywhere in the world and not only near rivers.

But maybe I’m too optimistic :)

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Re:MIT-designed project achieves major advance toward fusion... by phreeza on Thursday September 09, 2021 @05:19AM (#28467833)
I think you mixed up fission and fusion there. Regardless, a fusion reactor will need similar amount of cooling infrastructure if you want to output a similar amount of electricity.
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