Rats, yes, gamma radiation would be a problem for home use. I would expect the gov’t to basically outlaw home installation (and use in motor vehicles, etc.) if there is a gamma radiation risk, and with some justification. I wonder if the design can be refined and fail-safed to ensure that gamma radiation cannot be produced? Let’s hope so.
Put enough lead around it and it will be safe enough. Home use is not going to happen for at least a decade, until people get used to it and it's had some years to build a safety record in commercial and industrial use.
Not necessarily. It depends on what energy and "how much". There are various levels of "license" for nuclear materials. The lowest one is "general public license", which is the amount that anyone can buy and own. No training or significant safety precautions required. You can buy commercial sources all day at these levels.
"I wonder if the design can be refined and fail-safed to ensure that gamma radiation cannot be produced? Let’s hope so."
Not really necessary. Shielding is a real possibility, certainly for home power generation use. "For the most part" regulations are "mostly" science-based (unless some green idiot gets a media crusade going).
But once the physics community gets over having their noses put out of joint at all their pet theories being overthrown (and IMNSHO, physics is LONG overdue for this kind of thing), I think a lot will be clarified.
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