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Can fusion reactors explode?
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Nuclear fusion:
Nuclear fusion is a reaction in which two or more atomic nuclei combine to form one or more different atomic nuclei and sub-atomic particles.
The process of fusion is used in fusion reactors or thermonuclear reactors to produce electricity because the process releases a lot of energy.
Fusion reactors cannot explode because these reactions do not involve chain reactions that cannot be stopped.
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