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• atcorebcor@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I’m thinking more in terms of warfare

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  • SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    how so?

    The technology to use fusion as a bomb already exists. and has 0 to do with how the reactors work

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    • atcorebcor@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      For example when Russia invaded Ukraine and they attacked Chernobyl. Maybe it’s not founded in real risk. But I imagine it could be a security threat for someone to bomb a nuclear facility.

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      • Techlos@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        To alleviate your concerns - unlike fission, in a fusion reactor the only radiation comes from the active fusion process, and chamber lining that’s been bombarded by radiation. The worst case is a brief spike of neutron and gamma radiation from where the chamber breaches before the plasma collapses, a small amount of short-lived radioisotopes from the chamber debris, and a bit of tritium.

        The radiation from the debris would be at background levels in a year or two, since there’s no transutanic decay chains. The tritium would disperse to background levels in minutes, and the radiation burst would only be a hazard in the immediate vicinity.

        Not free from issues at all, but compared to a fission reactor the worst-case scenario isn’t bad at all.

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      • SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        A fusion power plant will not explode in any meaningful way

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