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From: drdave@rocksvax.UUCP (Dave Birnbaum)
Newsgroups: net.physics
Subject: Fusion Wastes
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Date: Wed, 28-Sep-83 09:25:37 EDT
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Posted: Wed Sep 28 09:25:37 1983
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Asides from the walls of the containment vessel which I agree are
not a serious problem, most fusion processes involving hydrogen
produce tritium (H3).  With a half-life of 12.6 years and the
aboility to insinuate itself into the biological chain easily
(as water!) it poses a serious health hazard.

Sorry to inject some physics into this fray.

Dave Birnbaum