The reactor that will produce energy from nuclear fusion reactions with magnetic confinement will be "intrinsically and passively safe", that is this type of nuclear reaction does not work "in chain" as in fission, and, if it is not powered, the good confinement of the fuel, it degrades gradually turning off, to consequently flow by now cold on the walls.

This also means that, in case of need, there is always a power point on which you can act to turn off the system completely safely.

In such nuclear fusion reaction the best performance can be reached by using tritium. Tritium is a radio-active isotope of hydrogen with a decay time (halving the activity) that is not long and about 10 years.

However, the safety is in any case guaranteed: as a matter of fact no transport of radioactive material is required as the production, in the small required quantities, can be carried out on-site by a reaction of the lithium nucleus with a neutron. Then the tritium is purified, and its use is confined to the plant in a closed cycle.

So this technique DOES NOT produce any type of radioactive waste; in addition NO carbon dioxide waste can be expected.

Furthermore, the "reactor tokamak" does not fall within the military interests.

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