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NullAshton said:
Let's hope that one of those doesn't melt down and destroy New York City or something.
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Fusion reactors don't meltdown and are unlikely to destroy NYC, or even anything larger than several hundred meters in diameter. First of all, they produce little or no harmful (gamma) radiation, which
is produced by fission and which is the sole "component" of a meltdown, and secondly if the magnetic containment fields (I am not making this up) lose cohesion the plasma'll disperse and vanish.