Marathon Fusion claims scalable mercury-to-gold transmutation in fusion plants
clarejtbirch · x · 2026-10-22
Eli Dourado congratulates Marathon Fusion on a plausible, scalable process for transmuting mercury into gold: fusion neutrons drive a multiplication reaction on mercury-198, producing mercury-197 that decays to stable gold. Claimed yield: 5,000 kg of gold per year per GW of electricity (2.5 GWth) without compromising fuel self-sufficiency or power output.
Related event: Marathon Fusion Says Fusion Reactors Could Yield 5 Tons of Gold a Year(2 posts)→
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