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[Article] Marathon Fusion says it can produce gold as fusion reactor byproduct (newatlas.com)
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The dream of the ancient alchemists may come true as Marathon Fusion announces that its tokamak fusion reactor technology can turn common mercury into gold as a byproduct of fusion operations in quantities that would make Auric Goldfinger blush.

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I would guess (based on very little) that it wouldn't have much radiation at all. This is fusion, not fission

https://euro-fusion.org/faq/does-fusion-give-off-radiation/

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