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To: RinaseaofDs
This one will produce some waste

It 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)
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To: from occupied ga

The proof will be in the pudding. They said it will take a year to build.


24 posted on 10/15/2014 11:05:47 AM PDT by RinaseaofDs
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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..........................)
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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.)
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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
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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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