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> the other half is radiated away as hard to capture neutrons, which are almost entirely a waste product I thought the neutrons were supposed to take away the
by jhgb 5y ago
> the other half is radiated away as hard to capture neutrons, which are almost entirely a waste product
I thought the neutrons were supposed to take away the heat, to be absorbed in layers of water?
- tsimionescu 5y agoReading more about this, it seems that one of the ideas is indeed to capture the neutrons in a liquid lithium blanket, that would then produce both heat and tritium, and using that heat, that is outside the magnetic confinement, to connect to a turbine. Unfortunately, I believe that the area of actually capturing the energy of the fusion reaction is almost entirely unstudied yet in practice.