Focus Fusion Society Online Store : No Nuclear Waste
Nuclear Power without Nuclear Waste: It's Closer Than You ThinkNuclear fusion has the potential to generate power without the radioactive waste of
nuclear fission, but that depends on which atoms you decide to fuse.
Conventional fusion approaches work with deuterium and tritium, while focus fusion works with
hydrogen and boron. When a boron-11 atom fuses with a hydrogen atom the result is three helium atoms and energy, but no radioactive waste. This is because: the fuel (boron and hydrogen) is not radioactive, the reaction product (helium) is not radioactive, and the reaction releases no neutrons (it's "aneutronic").
