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Re:MIT-designed project achieves major advance toward fusion... by el_nahual on Thursday September 09, 2021 @02:01PM (#28472666)
Aren't fast decay times harder to handle?
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Re:MIT-designed project achieves major advance toward fusion... by baq on Friday September 10, 2021 @12:41AM (#28477889)
it's easier in the sense that a single accident doesn't make the area uninhabitable in the human civilization timescales. fast decay = it'll kill you today in a minute, but will be safe to approach in a week, or 50 years.
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