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Comment by pfdietz

4 months ago

6. Volumetric power density sucks compared to fission reactors. This leads to #4, since for a given power output the reactor is an order of magnitude larger or even worse. Designs with some hope of evading this showstopper may be possible, but they are rare on the ground, and the tokamak doesn't appear to be one of them.

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