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To: apillar

I went out to the story and read it. Not a typo.

They said ‘compact FUSION reactor’ uses deuterium-tritium - for now. This one will produce some waste. Future ones using hydrogen won’t.


4 posted on 10/15/2014 10:54:40 AM PDT by RinaseaofDs
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To: RinaseaofDs
This one will produce some waste

It will also produce copious quantities of neutrons which will render anything in the vicinity with a significant neutron capture cross section seriously radioactive, and damage the dtructure of the fusion generator istself fairly quickly. 2D + 3T = 4He + a neutron

23 posted on 10/15/2014 11:03:09 AM PDT by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
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To: RinaseaofDs

Deuterium and tritium are both forms of hydrogen. Tritium is radioactive, however, and using it in a reactor will spread the radiation to other components. The “different fuel” mentioned is probably helium-3, which can be used in place of tritium and is non-radioactive. The problem is that it’s extremely rare and can’t be made artificially like tritium can. The movie “Moon” was about harvesting helium-3 from the moon because there’s more of it there.


31 posted on 10/15/2014 11:09:18 AM PDT by Telepathic Intruder (The only thing the Left has learned from the failures of socialism is not to call it that)
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