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		Firmwarrior on Dec 13, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: US Department of Energy: Fusion Ignition Achieved Nuclear fuel actually isn't that expensive or rare Those crazy sci-fi stories from the 30s and 50s where everyone used nuclear power (and it was so cheap they didn't bother to meter it) were all completely accurate from a non-political viewpoint

orthecreedence on Dec 13, 2022 [–]

Oh, interesting. I read/heard a few places that most fuel used for fission was controlled by a few countries. I was unaware it was abundant.

vel0city on Dec 13, 2022 | [–]

The stuff is kind of all over the place, but it's not high purity. The engineering to refine the material is highly controlled.

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