Advanced fuels under debate

G. L. Kulcinski () and J. F. Santarius
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G. L. Kulcinski: Fusion Technology Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison
J. F. Santarius: Fusion Technology Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Nature, 1998, vol. 396, issue 6713, 724-725

Abstract: At present, attempts to harness the energy released by nuclear fusion centre on the so-called first-generation fuel, a deuterium-tritium plasma. This combination has the considerable drawback of intense neutron emission, which damages the plasma-confining structures. Hence the interest in investigating second- and third-generation fuels which emit few or no neutrons. But many hurdles remain to be surmounted if such fuels are to prove viable.

Date: 1998
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