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In transition: Commercializing fusion power
Commercial fusion power is closer than ever. There are now around 30 U.S. fusion companies, several of which claim to be on track to connect to the grid as early as the 2030s.
Tokamak and laser inertial confinement approaches benefit from decades of research at facilities such as the National Ignition Facility (NIF) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and ITER, with alternative concepts including stellarator, magnetic mirror, and Z-pinch confinement also making notable progress as private and government funding for fusion increases.
J. A. Halbleib, Sr., M. R. Scott
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 37 | Number 2 | August 1969 | Pages 271-277
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE69-A20687
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Extensive calculations have been carried out for neutron production from the 3H(d,n)4He, 3H(p,n)3He, and 2H(d,n)3He reactions using hydrated titanium targets. Both thin and totally stopping targets have been considered for ion energies up to 5 MeV. By using the appropriate ion energy, production angle, and reaction, and allowing an energy spread of 10%, it is found that one can obtain neutron current densities of the same order of magnitude with energies from 0 to 22 MeV except for the gap between 8 and 12 MeV. Above 1 MeV variation of all pertinent neutron production characteristics with target loading ratio are found to be essentially the same regardless of reaction type, ion energy, or production angle. Total neutron yields are also calculated along with an example neutron-energy spectrum.