Re:Unplanned Exposure During Diving in the Spent Nuclear Fue...
by pfdietz on Saturday September 28, 2024 @06:56AM
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One can make nuclear bombs using fusion as well.
Consider Helion's design. This reactor will produce copious excess neutrons and tritium from DD fusion. A single 50 MW (average) Helion reactor would produce enough neutrons in a year to make half a ton of plutonium in a fission-suppressed blanket. It would also produce more than enough tritium to enable all the bombs made from the plutonium to be boosted. And this is a single, rather small fusion reactor!
Cheap neutrons would be a proliferation nightmare.
Consider Helion's design. This reactor will produce copious excess neutrons and tritium from DD fusion. A single 50 MW (average) Helion reactor would produce enough neutrons in a year to make half a ton of plutonium in a fission-suppressed blanket. It would also produce more than enough tritium to enable all the bombs made from the plutonium to be boosted. And this is a single, rather small fusion reactor!
Cheap neutrons would be a proliferation nightmare.