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I'm not sure that it would have a profound effect at all. Fission is very power dense as well and fission fuel cost is not the primary driver of overall costs in existing nuclear designs.

Fusion might end up looking a lot like fission, but hopefully with a lower perceived safety risk and thus more public acceptance.

Granted, modern fission designs aren't actually unsafe, but that doesn't matter for PR purposes.




Yeah, that's what's bittersweet about these technologies and policy in general. They're held back by PR.


Fusion is going to look a lot like fission, only much more expensive and much less reliable.




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