Fusion: Creating a Star on Earth - General Atomics Fusion Education
Fusion: Creating a Star on Earth - General Atomics Fusion Education
Fusion: Creating a Star on Earth - General Atomics Fusion Education
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<str<strong>on</strong>g>Fusi<strong>on</strong></str<strong>on</strong>g> Represents an Inexhaustible<br />
Energy Supply for Mankind<br />
• <str<strong>on</strong>g>Fusi<strong>on</strong></str<strong>on</strong>g> fuels deuterium (D)<br />
and tritium (T) are<br />
hydrogen isotopes<br />
3/4 oz. heavy<br />
water (D 2 0)<br />
• 3/4 oz. of heavy water has<br />
the same energy c<strong>on</strong>tent as<br />
13,000 gall<strong>on</strong>s of oil for<br />
D-D reacti<strong>on</strong>, or 32,000<br />
gall<strong>on</strong>s of oil for D-T reacti<strong>on</strong><br />
1 barrel<br />
(42 gal.)<br />
water<br />
(H 2 0)<br />
•Tritium is made from<br />
n + Li T + He<br />
• Lithium is plentiful both in<br />
the earth’s crust and oceans<br />
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