Fission works. Fusion has been the world's oldest pipe dream, and the idea that it is waste-free is baloney. No reaction "ash" to speak of, but the reactor components (first wall) are subjected to long term, intense neutron flux and become radioactive over time. And one of the nuclear fuel components (tritium) must be manufactured in fission reactors.
As for fission reactors, the U.S. Navy's nuclear reactors have logged over 5,400 reactor years of accident-free operations. Hardly anyone knows this. The government has been standing in the way of extensive safe electric power for half a century.
Fission works. Fusion has been the world's oldest pipe dream, and the idea that it is waste-free is baloney. No reaction "ash" to speak of, but the reactor components (first wall) are subjected to long term, intense neutron flux and become radioactive over time. And one of the nuclear fuel components (tritium) must be manufactured in fission reactors.
As for fission reactors, the U.S. Navy's nuclear reactors have logged over 5,400 reactor years of accident-free operations. Hardly anyone knows this. The government has been standing in the way of extensive safe electric power for half a century.