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Re:Launch HN: Maritime Fusion (YC W25) – Fusion Reactors for... by echoangle on Wednesday February 26, 2025 @12:21PM (#43185800)
If that's a concern, how do you solve that for shipping? What if some somali pirate steals your fusion ship? Would they have to have armed protection (on top of the guards they already have, that's probably not enough when nuclear proliferation is the issue)?
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Re:Launch HN: Maritime Fusion (YC W25) – Fusion Reactors for... by jtcohen on Wednesday February 26, 2025 @12:26PM (#43185857)
With fusion, there is no Uranium or Plutonium or highly radioactive materials. The main concern is Tritium which is a categorically reduced concern from enriched Uranium (but still needs to be secured and accounted for).
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Re:Launch HN: Maritime Fusion (YC W25) – Fusion Reactors for... by dghlsakjg on Wednesday February 26, 2025 @12:40PM (#43186010)
Is the tritium a different isotope than the one I can have shipped to my house on the internet?

https://tritiumworkshop.com/products/megaglow-tritium-marker...

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Re:Launch HN: Maritime Fusion (YC W25) – Fusion Reactors for... by jtcohen on Wednesday February 26, 2025 @01:35PM (#43186590)
Nope, that's it! We do need vastly larger quantities though, on the order of a kilogram.
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