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Uses of Nuclear Fusion: Beyond a Green Energy Source
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[QUOTE="the_wolfman, post: 5729292, member: 463947"] The are a few labs that are looking at ways to use a fusion reactor as a neutron generator. If you not interested in producing energy, then it's actually very easy to use fusion to produce high energy neutron. These neutrons have a number of scientific and industrial uses. For instance these neutrons can be used to detect explosives. One could use these neutrons to scan shipping containers at ports. Or you could put one of these reactors on the front of a military truck and use the neutrons to search for IEDs. The neutrons can also be used to manufacture medical isotopes. There's actually a company starting up in Wisconsin that is going to use a fusion source with a fission multiplier to manufacture medical isotopes. A lot of fusion research is really fundamental plasma science and plasmas also have a number of industrial applications. Plasmas are used in the manufacture of many computer chips. Plasmas are also used to sterilize wounds. Plasma thrusters are used to propel satellites across the solar system. There's a lot of research going into plasma based accelerators which have potential to shrink mile long beam lines onto a table top device. [/QUOTE]
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