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Re:Compact nuclear fusion reactor is 'very likely to work,' ... by Retric on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @08:06PM (#24634507)
Deuterium is a stable isotope, but Tritium’s half life is only 12.32 years making it quite radioactive.

There is significant effort put into using lithium blankets to create tritium at which point arguably the fuels are lithium and deuterium. But that’s also going to require irradiate the relevant equipment.

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Re:Compact nuclear fusion reactor is 'very likely to work,' ... by fghorow on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @11:17PM (#24635373)
Quite right. I stand corrected w.r.t. my inaccurate statement about Tritium.
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Re:Compact nuclear fusion reactor is 'very likely to work,' ... by pleasedontbanme on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @09:03PM (#24634810)
Tritium is worth $30,000 a gram.
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Re:Compact nuclear fusion reactor is 'very likely to work,' ... by Retric on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @11:02PM (#24635293)
Yea, though only about 400grams are used worldwide mostly for self illuminating signs. Which adds up to 12 million dollars per year of demand resulting in such high prices.

At scale it’s significantly cheaper to produce.

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Re:Compact nuclear fusion reactor is 'very likely to work,' ... by sergeykish on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @07:28AM (#24637600)
Lithium carbonate Li2CO3 is worth $6.75/kg

https://www.fastmarkets.com/commodities/industrial-minerals/...

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