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That's an excellent point, and this topic was specifically dealt with in the article. > Just 2 percent of the neutrons will be intercepted by test modules for
by AlanSE 9y ago
That's an excellent point, and this topic was specifically dealt with in the article.
> Just 2 percent of the neutrons will be intercepted by test modules for investigating tritium production in lithium, but 98 percent of the neutron streams will simply smash into the reactor walls or into devices in port openings.
It kind of sounds like they're not sure if breeding will work in this kind of reactor design. If not, I guess D-T fusion is just off the table as an option generally? If that's true, this technology track simply doesn't work for the purpose of energy production.
Maybe I'm being too unfair? Maybe these test modules are exactly what's needed, maybe a larger area of the modules would have costed too much. That just seems like a strange argument. I don't feel like I can make heads or tails of this. It just feels suspicious.