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		afpx on Dec 14, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: US Department of Energy: Fusion Ignition Achieved 50 years from now, are we going to be using fission or fusion?

gene-h on Dec 14, 2022 [–]

Hopefully, both. Even if fusion works extremely well, fission should find niches. Fission power is likely to remain more power dense than fusion for a while, so in situations where one cares about weight and size it is better than fusion.

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