01-27-2016, 05:32 PM
(01-27-2016, 04:15 PM)OdinYggd Wrote:Yes, you just talked about that. But the same thing presumably happens in a fission reactor, too. So, nothing in that regard is gained by choosing fission.(01-27-2016, 03:44 PM)Jim_Clonk Wrote: Also a fusion reactor stops producing high levels of radiation once shut down, unlike fission reactors, in which the fission fuel continues to radiate regardless.
No, actually. While turning the reactor off does result in a drastic reduction in how much radiation leaks from it, the entire core assembly has become radioactive itself by neutron bombardment. Thus it will continue to emit potentially dangerous amounts of radiation for several weeks after being shut down as the shorter half-life neutron capture isotopes break down. Long term though it still produces only a fraction of the radiation that a fission core does, and because the reaction stops immediately the cooling system only needs to deal with the thermal mass- there is no long-term decay heat.
The thing that really makes fusion better than fission though is probably that fusion creates much less radioactive waste. The waste tends to be the biggest problem with fission reactors, after all.
(01-27-2016, 05:10 PM)Reks Wrote: I managed to create an actually decently attractive character in Inquisition, in comparison to my normally ghastly ones.I wonder how that happened...
Screencap was a little wonky, though.
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