Re: Cherynobl and groundwater radionuclide transport...

[AndrewsJP@AOL.COM]

Am I wrong in my belief that a useful fusion machine will use a U-238 blanket 

to fission with the neutrons produced by the fusion process.  If so, this 

would generate the same fission products and spent fuel scenarios that we 

have now.  It just would not have to be a critical machine.  The controlled 

fusion process drives it.  As I understand it, any other system is very 

energy inefficient and would not be practical.  It would also be very very 

very... expensive; 10 or more times the inflated cost of current 1000+ MW 

systems.




John Andrews

Knoxville, Tennessee