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5. I'll answer the question: it can't

Mon Jan 11, 2021, 12:28 PM

Jan 2021

Fusion reactors do not create radioactive waste.
Also they are not science fiction. Some of my colleagues work on fusion reactors.

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New Policy Sets in Motion Nuclear Space Travel and Colonization [View all] Dial H For Hero Jan 2021 OP

How is a fusion reactor going to irradiate the atmosphere? Loki Liesmith Jan 2021 #3

I'll answer the question: it can't Loki Liesmith Jan 2021 #5

You've got to get the reaction started. Hugin Jan 2021 #11

I'm not sure where all of the Helium-3 is going to come from... Hugin Jan 2021 #14

Lunar mining, presumably. Dial H For Hero Jan 2021 #15

Mine the moon. Loki Liesmith Jan 2021 #16

See #17; the government policy is about fission, not fusion (nt) muriel_volestrangler Jan 2021 #18

But the article is almost entirely about fusion drives Loki Liesmith Jan 2021 #20

Please don't promote this 'nuclear paranoia'. triron Jan 2021 #6

Please don't stand up your straw man and knock it back down. Towlie Jan 2021 #7

No; the *government* policy includes fission reactors muriel_volestrangler Jan 2021 #17

Fair enough. Dial H For Hero Jan 2021 #19

Good Loki Liesmith Jan 2021 #2

It's the "safe and effective" part that should concern us... Wounded Bear Jan 2021 #12