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ya know i never even thought about how you actually boil the water with a fusion reactor

like so much effort goes into keeping the heat and plasma away from the walls i dont even know through what medium youd get it to the water
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@coolbean afaik neutrons have to go through and heat the water
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@snacks i see

but how does the neutron go through. wouldnt it just irradiate the containment chamber?
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@coolbean yes, mostly. None of the ones we've built are anywhere close to boiling water iirc
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