US Department of Energy: Fusion Ignition Achieved

Re:US Department of Energy: Fusion Ignition Achieved by Firmwarrior on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @01:28PM (#33973473)

Nuclear fuel actually isn't that expensive or rare

Those crazy sci-fi stories from the 30s and 50s where everyone used nuclear power (and it was so cheap they didn't bother to meter it) were all completely accurate from a non-political viewpoint

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Re:US Department of Energy: Fusion Ignition Achieved by orthecreedence on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @01:49PM (#33973808)

Oh, interesting. I read/heard a few places that most fuel used for fission was controlled by a few countries. I was unaware it was abundant.

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Re:US Department of Energy: Fusion Ignition Achieved by vel0city on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @02:07PM (#33974106)

The stuff is kind of all over the place, but it's not high purity. The engineering to refine the material is highly controlled.

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