[TheForge] Slack tank...POL OT

[Todd Rich]

On Tue, 21 Dec 2010, peter fels & phoebe palmer wrote:

> Yeah, i got that part..But the science behind making hot fusion happen
> is  much more developed,
> much better understood and the theoretical underpinnings are much more
> credible.

Unfortunately, we have no materials that can stand up to having each atom 
hit by a high energy neutron about 1000 times over a 20 years time frame.

Here is a good discussion of the problem:
http://www.msm.cam.ac.uk/phase-trans/2006/Irradiated_Steel/Irradiated_Steel.html