Gruss Gott wrote: > Kevin wrote: >> What's the by-product of Fusion? > > Yeah, I wondered that too. They fuse deuterium which would produce > what?
Heat. > And would it be radioactive? Depends on what you are fusing exactly. If you fuse deuterium with deuterium, you produce pure helium without any byproducts. But it is hard to do a deuterium-deuterium fusion, so it is more likely they will fuse deuterium and tritium. That produces one neutron for each event, and the neutron would probably be captured by the reactor wall. So you get excess neutrons in the reactor wall, causing it to decay gradually. > As Jochem implied, they need > water for cooling and seawater for deuterium. Deuterium doesn't matter, it is trivial to transport it once hou have extracted it. Jochem ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:162395 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
