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[โ€“] spazzman6156@sh.itjust.works 6 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

So line a nuclear fusion containment chamber with photovoltaic cells?

[โ€“] BussyCat@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

They would melt, but we do also have gamma voltaics which can use the gamma radiation from fission and fusion to generate electricity they just have an atrocious efficiency