Nuclear physicist explains why fusion ignition is hailed as a major breakthrough

Re:Nuclear physicist explains why fusion ignition is hailed ... by tonmoy on Monday December 19, 2022 @08:03AM (#34051552)

This type of nuclear fusion uses tritium, and since we can’t extract it from nature the only way to obtain it is very energy extensive. For this type of fusion to make sense producing tritium+lasers have to require less energy than the output, right?

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Re:Nuclear physicist explains why fusion ignition is hailed ... by acidburnNSA on Monday December 19, 2022 @08:59AM (#34052069)

The power plant version of this produces enough tritium as it captures the heat in a breeding blanket of lithium outside the core.

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Re:Nuclear physicist explains why fusion ignition is hailed ... by world-set-free on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @05:46PM (#34073900)

Lithium-6 is not as cheap as coal per energy delivered after all is said and done.

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