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by chiph 483 days ago
The NS Savannah (fission powered) was unable to enter some ports because the local governments did not allow nuclear powered vessels in their waters.

Do you think that a fusion powered vessel will be allowed in?

1 comments

Yes
Could you explain why its a yes?
At a guess.

Fusion is being regulated like particle accelerators, not like fission reactors.

The Fusion Industry Association has more information on this.

https://www.fusionindustryassociation.org/policy/fusion-regu...

Any port that lets in a LNG ship or similar is likely to allow the much lower risk of a fusion ship coming in.