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> we'll still need humans to maintain the thing

Sure, but you're not going to need major shielding for the first few hundred reactors on the planet. Putting the stuff that requires maintenance away from the reactor will be enough for a few decades. (Put simply, the aspiring interplanetary powers who insist on heavily shielding their reactors aren't going to be releavant on the ground. You can launch a second reactor for the cost of one's shielding.)



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