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Re:Lawrence Livermore claims a milestone in laser fusion by dede175 on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @08:57AM (#28220409)
Excuse my lack of knowledge on the subject, but from a few comments/articles it seemed that although Tritium can be recuperated through contact of the charged neutrons with lithium "blankets" surrounding the enclosure, it is still incredibly hard to achieve self-sustainability, to the point where we might need fission reactors just to produce that isotope. Am I missing something or isn't Tritium not so readily available?
Re:Lawrence Livermore claims a milestone in laser fusion by lambdatronics on Thursday August 19, 2021 @11:13AM (#28234887)
The margins for 'breeding' tritium from lithium are slim, yes. I don't think fission reactors can help in the long term, but right now that is how we get tritium for our experiments.