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Originally Posted by mjohnson
With the right neutron energies, U238 will burn just fine.
Fusion reactors, if they ever exist, won't be some cuddly benign thing that anybody will want in their back yard.
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U238 will burn, beacause you're converting it into Plutonium.
I've always wondered if a reactor design could be made that breeds and then burns Plutonium without having to reprocess. It would be quite an interesting concept. Fuel could potentially be 1/30th the price, depending on how much work it is to create the newer type of fuel rod/reactor.