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Fusion removes disposal. Right there is worth it—much of the fearmongering surrounding this hugely efficient energy source would be ameliorated.


The fuel is also much more environmentally friendly to extract. Tritium is hard to purify, but you don't need much of it, so it is probably more difficult to extract the steel for the reactor's structure than the fuel during its lifetime.





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