On 13/07/2011 12:40 AM, Doug Freyburger wrote:

And don't mention that a lot of the energy is in the form of neutrons
that convert the interior of the reactor to radioactive isotopes. The
solved-but-prevented-by-politics problem of radioactive waste will not
change when we go to fusion.

I doubt most people feel that strongly about nuclear waste, as long as
it's not dumped nearby. What they care about are events like Chernobyl,
and now Fukushima. They would need to be assured that even if a fusion
plant is complete wrecked, it still cannot present those kinds of hazard.

Sylvia.