Nirile@slrpnk.net to Green Energy@slrpnk.net · 1 year agoDiscussion question- do folkx here consider nuclear clean and/or green?message-squaremessage-square68fedilinkarrow-up116file-text
arrow-up116message-squareDiscussion question- do folkx here consider nuclear clean and/or green?Nirile@slrpnk.net to Green Energy@slrpnk.net · 1 year agomessage-square68fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareNirile@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoIf fusion were ever to be feasible, would it also need to used mined uranium, or are there other fuel sources?
minus-squareperestroika@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 year agoCurrent 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.
If fusion were ever to be feasible, would it also need to used mined uranium, or are there other fuel sources?
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:
Short version: fusion needs fission only in warfare.