Reply To: Proliferation?

[Brian H]

Transmute wrote: I’m not saying we should worry; I’m just saying that potential exist. What specifically would need to be modified to make D+D or D+T fusion possible? What would be a the neutron emision rate of a ~20 Mw D+T reactor?

The point would be? It’s a waste of resources to make plutonium. What’s it good for except nuclear triggers? There’s plenty available now. High neutron flux is a good thing only if you’re fooling around with fission processes and byproducts. What for? As is, the H-B11 process is vastly cheaper, safer, more flexible, higher efficiency, smaller, neater, and more fun.

Try and get all that old fissionable material out of your neurons. It’s quite harmful.