If nuclear fusion were to become useful for residential heating, could the plasma be useful for fake fireplaces? - eviltoast

When I say “fake fireplace”, I mean something like those structures fueled by fossil methane that produce flame and heat but obviously don’t burn actual wood

  • deegeese@sopuli.xyz
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    8 months ago

    Even if your home is powered by nuclear energy, you still don’t have uranium fuel rods in your fireplace.

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      8 months ago

      True, but I was specifically talking about nuclear fusion, which would entail helium/hydrogen plasma rather than fissionable material.

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          8 months ago

          It’d heat up the room, though. And the next couple of rooms. Or houses.

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          8 months ago

          No, that still probably wouldn’t work out, as the other comments have pointed out. Just clarifying that the dangerous aspects of what I asked wouldn’t involve uranium in particular.