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[–] hamsterkill@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 2 days ago

Most fission plants transfer the heat away from the reactor before boiling water. The same can be done with fusion.

The main difference with fusion is you have to convert some of the released energy to heat first. Various elements have been proposed for this.