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Re:Nuclear physicist explains why fusion ignition is hailed ... by tpmx on Monday December 19, 2022 @07:04AM (#34051132)
Another danger:

I've seen quite a few people arguing in (a European context) that we shouldn't build out nuclear in the "short term", "since we can just get fusion without any of the downsides of fission".

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Re:Nuclear physicist explains why fusion ignition is hailed ... by jokteur on Monday December 19, 2022 @07:09AM (#34051168)
I've seen also people arguing that we should never ever build nuclear fission again because it is "bad".

What I want to say is that bad faith arguments will always exist, and calling this a breakthrough won't significantly increase the number of people using bad faith arguments, because they would just find another excuse instead of the fusion one.

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