As the title says, I’m interested in this community’s perceptions on nuclear energy.

  • perestroika@slrpnk.net
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    1 year ago

    Current fusion (thermonuclear bombs) require a fission bomb trigger to start fusion in a lithium deuteride body, but reactors - absolutely not.

    Fusion reactors do one of the following:

    • use magnetic fields and electrical current to contain + heat a ring tritium (hydrogen isotope) plasma to extreme temperatures
    • use a laser pulse to compress + heat a capsule of tritium to extreme temperatures
    • use a magnetic field and electrical current to collide two rings of helion (helium isotope) plasma at extreme velocities

    Short version: fusion needs fission only in warfare.