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In article <5849@pdn.nm.paradyne.com> alan@rnms1.UUCP (0000-Alan Lovejoy) writes:
<There is also a device called the "fusion torch," which can transmute 
<elements (platinum from mud, if you like).  Of course, this requires
<very advanced controlled-fusion reactors...

Actually at *much* lower temperatures, *all* molecules break down and 
*any* material fed into the torch will be "totally" ionized. Feed 
anything in, run the plasma thru a *giant* mass spectrograph and get
ISOTOPICALLY PURE elements out. (He3 and H3 have diufferent masses
as do all the other "same weight" isotopes)

Room te,p superconductors would help, but aren't *neccessary*. I like
this gizmo because it solves a lot of waste problems. Any chemical waste
is no problem, and nuclear wastes can be concentrated to pure elements
which can either be used in isotope generators or buried somewhere safe.
(after all, what percentage of most radioactive waste is *really* 
radioactive? Most is just "contaminated".)

Even if this sort of thing required a plant so large that we could only
have one per state it would still be useful. It isn't practical now due
to energy costs. But if cold fusion is practical.... wow!

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