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From: mcbryan@cmcl2.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.physics
Subject: nuclear fusion
Message-ID: <33776@cmcl2.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 9-Oct-83 08:50:59 EDT
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Posted: Sun Oct  9 08:50:59 1983
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The waste aspects of nuclear fusion power are likely to be unpleasant.
In general, large numbers of free neutrons escape from the containment
area, and need to be stopped.   In addition, since these neutrons carry
a lot of energy, they have to be stopped in order to make the overall
fusion process energy efficient.   One of the primary proposals for
doing this is to surround the containment area with uranium,  - the 
uranium is converted to plutonium by the neutrons, and the plutonium
can then be burned in conventional reactors.   The waste aspects of this
scheme are to say the least not clean.