To: RinaseaofDs
This one will produce some wasteIt will also produce copious quantities of neutrons which will render anything in the vicinity with a significant neutron capture cross section seriously radioactive, and damage the dtructure of the fusion generator istself fairly quickly. 2D + 3T = 4He + a neutron
23 posted on
10/15/2014 11:03:09 AM PDT by
from occupied ga
(Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
To: from occupied ga
The proof will be in the pudding. They said it will take a year to build.
To: from occupied ga
Gonna need a bigger tin foil hat...................
26 posted on
10/15/2014 11:06:28 AM PDT by
Red Badger
(If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
To: from occupied ga
Water or paraffin does a pretty good job of shielding from neutrons.
30 posted on
10/15/2014 11:08:19 AM PDT by
The Cajun
(Ted Cruz, Sarah Palin, Mark Levin, Mike Lee, Louie Gohmert....Nuff said.)
To: from occupied ga
Yep, those fast neutrons will quickly destroy the first wall.
75 posted on
10/15/2014 12:42:50 PM PDT by
bagman
To: from occupied ga
Depends on the design: all will produce some quantity of neutrons-- one of the key features of this design is that it converts a sufficient quantity of the neutrons into additional tritium and deuterium, producing some of its own fuel.
In any case, we're talking about something having low level radioactivity for 100 years, not 'glow in the dark' for 10,000 years. The small amount of really nasty stuff has a very short half life, so you store it for 90 days and bury it in the desert. It would probably be lower than the background rate in many places, like the White Mountains in NH or central VA.
78 posted on
10/15/2014 12:57:01 PM PDT by
pierrem15
("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connaît les siens")
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