Comments by "" (@jmitterii2) on "Undecided with Matt Ferrell" channel.

  1. That's a fission induced fusion reaction and it's not sustained, but a runaway chain reaction initiated again by a runaway fission reaction to start the runaway fusion reaction. A fusion power plant, just as a current fission plant, does not rely on a runaway chain reaction... a bomb. But a continuous reaction. Fusion would rely on a stable continuous reaction of fusion. For tokamak methods so long as the temperature and confinement is maintained... temperature that gets too hot can't maintain proper confinement and the temperature lowers reducing fusion... it's self regulated. The biggest drawbacks to the fission plants of today is that they use Uranium 235 (very rare isotope of a already very rare element), it's less than 90% efficient leaving 90% of it's mass unspent, uses pressurized chambers that make it explosive should something happen that causes the core to melt and lose control over the reaction... it doesn't cause nuclear explosion as with the nuclear weapon, it's the water coolant pressure chamber that builds to extreme pressure beyond its breaking point and that pressure blows out releasing radioactive isotopes from the fuel rods. There are other fission power plant concepts that were tested and are now being retested and put into demonstration by India and China that don't use Uranium 235 as the primary fuel but thorium. Some are solid fuel thorium reactors, and another is the liquid thorium reactors with the concept to make them 90% efficient. And these plants don't require pressurized fission chambers, so you can't have an pressure explosion like what has happened several times now with uranium plants. And a regularly frozen plug of the liquid thorium solution would heat up and melt dropping the liquid thorium solution fuel into a vat for collection and quarantine should temperatures become too hot for whatever reason avoiding contamination into the environment, and allowing for collection and reuse of the fuel once repairs are made that caused the overheating to happen.
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