Nuclear fission/fusion
Nuclear fission/fusion
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I've been reading up on this subject lately, and I have been meaning to ask, has anyone tried touse nuclear fission to trigger a nuclear fusion reaction? Or would having 2 reactors in a building to maiintain be too dangerous? I just thought if you could get the fusion reaction to sustain itself, you could then discontionue use of the fission reactor.





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To somehow do it in a CONTROLLED way is a whole different story.
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At the site the incoming power will manage the refrigeration, run the vacuum pumps, power the plasma containment and steering magnets, inject the plasma material, power the aux. plasma heaters (microwave, neutral beam injectors, etc.) to start the fusion reactor.
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As others have stated, the most promising approach is the donut shaped magnetic confinement. There is also some hope in the laser pulsed inertial confinement method, but it's difficult to see how that could provide a continuous source of energy.
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-Todd M.
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