Reply To: DREAD Weapon System: Devastating, Jam proof, silent
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zapkittyasymmertic_implosion wrote: That is my point. Lerner-Hakase have gone over them in paper. I have no problem with speculation and research. Optimism should be the norm for those working on any new technology. Great potential is the reason to take on new things. However, many research papers are not going to convince regulators.
Regulators already have defined regulations for all aspects that an FF unit would entail.The simple fact that no radioactive fuels are involved and the compete absence of radioactive waste greatly simplifies life for all concerned.
asymmertic_implosion wrote: To a regulator, FoFu-1 is a new “thing” that they don’t understand. If they don’t understand something, they don’t let it operate.
They won’t understand an electrically-powered radiation source whose operational mode is “fully shielded at all times”? Sorry, but even the nuclear density gauge market has a rental segment now and [em]those[/em] are actually designed to emit radiation into the public space.
Would FF units be regulated? Certainly… but they would be covered by existing regulations.