▲ 637 ▼ Nuclear fusion reaction releases almost twice the energy put in (www.newscientist.com) submitted 2 years ago by throwaway389430@lemmy.cafe to c/news@lemmy.world 344 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] AllonzeeLV@lemmy.world 34 points 2 years ago (2 children) ...and accidentally incinerated its home world, as the supply dependant lunar colony could only look on in horror. ✨The End✨ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] LarmyOfLone@lemm.ee 28 points 2 years ago (2 children) I know you're joking, but nuclear fusion is inherently safe because if it breaks there is no way to sustain a chain reaction. And is only creates mildly radioactive byproducts. So you could blow it up and it wouldn't seriously contaminate the area. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] echodot@feddit.uk 19 points 2 years ago Not only are the radioactive byproducts not that dangerous (everything is relative of course). But also they have incredibly short half lives so they go away long before the firefighters turned up. permalink fedilink source parent [–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world -3 points 2 years ago Technically fission has a similar physical barrier to infinite meltdown. Once the water leaves the core, the reaction stops. It was called China Syndrome, and we wouldn't have worried about it at all, had the physicist that thought it up been a bit more competent with his math skills. Unfortunately, there are plenty of other ways that the reactors that we currently use can catastrophically fail. permalink fedilink source parent [–] SparrowRanjitScaur@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Nah, the Earth doesn't have enough mass to become a star. If it did, it would already be one. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kerrigan778@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) I mean, no, it also doesn't have enough hydrogen. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] magikmw@lemm.ee 15 points 2 years ago (1 child) Everything's hydrogen if split enough ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago But we’re talking fusion permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LarmyOfLone@lemm.ee 28 points 2 years ago (2 children) I know you're joking, but nuclear fusion is inherently safe because if it breaks there is no way to sustain a chain reaction. And is only creates mildly radioactive byproducts. So you could blow it up and it wouldn't seriously contaminate the area. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] echodot@feddit.uk 19 points 2 years ago Not only are the radioactive byproducts not that dangerous (everything is relative of course). But also they have incredibly short half lives so they go away long before the firefighters turned up. permalink fedilink source parent [–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world -3 points 2 years ago Technically fission has a similar physical barrier to infinite meltdown. Once the water leaves the core, the reaction stops. It was called China Syndrome, and we wouldn't have worried about it at all, had the physicist that thought it up been a bit more competent with his math skills. Unfortunately, there are plenty of other ways that the reactors that we currently use can catastrophically fail. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] echodot@feddit.uk 19 points 2 years ago Not only are the radioactive byproducts not that dangerous (everything is relative of course). But also they have incredibly short half lives so they go away long before the firefighters turned up. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world -3 points 2 years ago Technically fission has a similar physical barrier to infinite meltdown. Once the water leaves the core, the reaction stops. It was called China Syndrome, and we wouldn't have worried about it at all, had the physicist that thought it up been a bit more competent with his math skills. Unfortunately, there are plenty of other ways that the reactors that we currently use can catastrophically fail. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SparrowRanjitScaur@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Nah, the Earth doesn't have enough mass to become a star. If it did, it would already be one. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kerrigan778@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) I mean, no, it also doesn't have enough hydrogen. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] magikmw@lemm.ee 15 points 2 years ago (1 child) Everything's hydrogen if split enough ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago But we’re talking fusion permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kerrigan778@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) I mean, no, it also doesn't have enough hydrogen. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] magikmw@lemm.ee 15 points 2 years ago (1 child) Everything's hydrogen if split enough ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago But we’re talking fusion permalink fedilink source parent
[–] magikmw@lemm.ee 15 points 2 years ago (1 child) Everything's hydrogen if split enough ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago But we’re talking fusion permalink fedilink source parent
[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago But we’re talking fusion permalink fedilink source parent