The Focus Fusion Society Forums Official Announcements New Mission Statement Reply To: Toshiba's "Micro Nuclear Reactor" – it's not fusion, but it's here now

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zapkitty
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Agreed, mostly, but this part:

vansig wrote: … and whether the technology can be turned into a weapon by people like Dick Cheney.

… I think the best tack to take would be that an aneutronic reactor such as an FF unit just can’t be made into a bomb or used directly for proliferation for the same reasons it would be safe to use domestically.