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Where does tritium come from?

• willis936 5y ago
  Li6 fission in between the first wall and confinement coils. If you want some details: check out section 3.2 of the ITER research plan. https://www.iter.org/doc/www/content/com/Lists/ITER%20Technical%20Reports/Attachments/9/ITER_Research_Plan_within_the_Staged_Approach_levIII_provversion.pdf https://www.iter.org/doc/www/content/com/Lists/ITER%20Techni...
  • sanxiyn 5y ago
    This is where tritium will come from, but not where it does now.
    • willis936 5y ago
      Oh. I'm pretty sure it will be the same place most of the current tritium gas comes from: CANDU.
• sanxiyn 5y ago
  ITER plans to test breeding tritium from lithium. It should work in theory, but there is no practical experience yet. Current tritium used in fusion research is entirely produced from fission reactor moderated by heavy water, and there is only one production facility in the world at Canada.