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redmechan46 t1_ivwzjs0 wrote

Reply to comment by wwarnout in San Diego company plans to build a nuclear fusion plant. Will the pilot program work? by bitfriend6

Isn't trituim a byproduct of nuclear reactors. The US gov has been burying waste since the late 60s so there should be more than that in the US alone. Granted digging it up would be a pain but worth it for the future of clean energy and energy independence.

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FishMichigan t1_ivzirtk wrote

Tritium has leaked into the ground water around a lot of nuclear plants in the USA.

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urmomaisjabbathehutt t1_ivyb2f4 wrote

It will be also a byporoduct of the fusion itself by using lithium blankets in the containmet chamber too

there are issues but they know it and did take into consideration how much tritium there is

It isn't as if they just found out of the blue and didn't thought about it before spending all the money into their designs

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