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China plans world’s first fusion-fission power plant (www.neimagazine.com)

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The fusion-fission hybrid will use high-energy neutrons produced by a fusion reaction to trigger fission in surrounding materials thereby boosting energy output and potentially reducing long-lived nuclear waste.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

I meant that we use neutron breeders to turn certain fuel rod waste into fissile plutonium I think.

The difference with the Chinese invention is that you don't need to transport the waste to a separate breeder.