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[Brian H]

Rematog wrote: Regarding NIMBY and Nuclear.

One thing I’ve not seen mentioned by anyone else. A Focus Fusion power block would be a nuclear device and would, i imagine, be regulated by the NRC.

NRC regulation would greatly impact design, building costs and siting issues. Would they require a concrete containment capable of withstanding the impact of a fully fueled jumbo jet?…. fission plants have one, so……

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Rematog

Heh. It probably wouldn’t even withstand the impact of an half-fueled family sedan. But so what? There’s no radioactive material involved, and the amount of decaborane in the plasma is probably about 0.5 grams or less (that’s about enough for a million pulses, about an hour’s running).

Actually, sounds more like a concern of the HazMat people — poisons and toxins and all that are rather outside NRC’s purview.