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Does fusion produce radioactive waste?
No long-lived high-level waste — only activated structure, kept short-lived by material choice.
Does fusion produce radioactive waste?
Fusion makes no spent fuel and no long-lived high-level waste. Its only waste is structural metal made mildly radioactive by neutrons; low-activation materials keep that short-lived, decaying to hands-on levels in decades. The neutron-rich breeder carries most of it; the burner very little.
Kronos screens waste volumes and activation per component rather than assuming the issue away.