Re: Waste not want not
Out of curious interest and hoping that someone on here can contribute, I do fully understand how, in theory a 'fission' reactor could be fuelled and 'sealed' and have an operational life of, years, decades!
Now imagine that fusion power becomes commercially possible, be it laser implosion or magnetic confinement, furthermore imagine that this could be miniaturised into a small package.
My question is, how much fuel would be required to sustain a fusion reactor, producing, say 300 MW for a lifetime of five years?
Is there any conceivable system that could make this a self-contained, no maintenance or refuelling system required over this lifetime?
Biting the hand that feeds IT
