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isowater t1_iu7q6zl wrote

Reply to comment by No-Reach-9173 in Poland picks U.S. offer for its first nuclear power plant -PM by SunfireGaren

Fusion would be incredibly expensive contrary to popular belief. It will most likely initially only used by the military and space missions

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No-Reach-9173 t1_iu7r2pz wrote

Everything new is super expensive.

A Cray 2 cost 12M when I was a child my S21 Ultra cost 1200 dollars and is 850 times as powerful.

The first functional fusion reactor (if it is ITER) is going to be outrageously expensive because it is all custom built on site like nuclear reactors are.

Fusion has an advantage though as it won't puke radioactive waste everywhere so they will likely be built factory style and assembled on site.

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