> "It was originally planned to line the tokamak reactor with protective beryllium but that turned out to be very tricky. It is toxic and eventually it was decided to replace it with tungsten... That was a major design change taken very late in the day.”
The toxicity of beryllium is well known... how did this design decision go through? Someone was asleep at the wheel.
The toxicity of beryllium is well known... how did this design decision go through? Someone was asleep at the wheel.