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China plans world’s first fusion-fission power plant (www.neimagazine.com)
submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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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] 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

also known as a hydrogen bomb.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It seems like the opposite: fission triggered by fusion

[–] [email protected] 1 points 19 hours ago

Yes, the uranium tamper in a fusion weapon. Half of the energy in a fusion weapon comes from fast neutron fission, mostly in U-238. It's not a chain reaction.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 18 hours ago

This is uncontrolled reaction. Chinese and other countries plan to be able to conduct the controlled reaction