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Re:Unplanned Exposure During Diving in the Spent Nuclear Fue... by littlestymaar on Saturday September 28, 2024 @02:46AM (#41678384)
You can build a dirty bomb from the activated wastes of a fusion plant though so the original point stand still.

Also, there are many things much more poisonous than radionuclide you can use to make terror weapons that are easy to get (take ricin, for instance)

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Re:Unplanned Exposure During Diving in the Spent Nuclear Fue... by chickenbig on Saturday September 28, 2024 @03:51AM (#41678651)
> there are many things much more poisonous than radionuclide you can use to make terror weapons

I guess that the effectiveness of terror weapons has nothing to do with how many people are directly harmed.

> You can build a dirty bomb from the activated wastes of a fusion plant though so the original point stand still.

Even simpler would be to find a radioactive source (medical, irradiation, industrial radiography). Small quantities, in a portable package, but geiger detectors would definitely be able to detect the fallout.

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Re:Unplanned Exposure During Diving in the Spent Nuclear Fue... by adrianN on Saturday September 28, 2024 @01:27PM (#41681649)
That is of course true, but I don’t think fusion will ever be economical.
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