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Hydrogen - Boron fusion is a really good thing, if it can be achieved. It requires high temperatures, but is aneutronic [1], only producing electrons which can
by dark_star 5y ago
Hydrogen - Boron fusion is a really good thing, if it can be achieved. It requires high temperatures, but is aneutronic [1], only producing electrons which can easily be siphoned off to directly power an electrical grid:
Proton – Boron-11: 1p + 11B → 3 4He + 8.7 MeV
This means it doesn't create radioactive waste or have the metal brittling problems that neutronic (H-H or H-D) fusion has.
Some groups [2][3] think the high temperatures can be achieved in small plasma bubbles without large amounts of magnetic confinement, making for small and inexpensive reactors.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aneutronic_fusion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aneutronic_fusion
[2] https://lppfusion.com/technology/dpf-device/ https://lppfusion.com/technology/dpf-device/
[3] https://hb11.energy/how-it-works/ https://hb11.energy/how-it-works/