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Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 22 | Number 3 | November 1992 | Pages 329-333
Technical Paper | Plasma Engineering | doi.org/10.13182/FST92-A30092
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The triton distribution function in D-3He plasmas is distorted from a Maxwellian owing to the presence of a 1.01-MeV birth component. The deuteron-triton reaction rate (i.e., 14-MeV neutron generation rate) in the plasma should be smaller than the values evaluated by assuming a Maxwellian triton distribution. A local Fokker-Planck calculation shows that although the degree of the decrease in 14-MeV neutron generation strongly depends on the plasma conditions and also on the energy loss mechanism, it becomes appreciable in actual burning plasmas.