NUCLEAR FUSION FUELS FOR THE

FUTUREJodi CrookshankExcelsior College

June 12, 2016

Deuterium-Tritium fuel Currently Deuterium-tritium fuel is being

utilized in the test reactors for nuclear fusion.

The chemistry make up for the reaction currently utilized in test reactors looks like this

The Hydrogen-Boron reaction

Amount of Energy in Hydrogen-Boron reaction

Nuclear Fusion reactor challenges

There are a few different ways to go about creating reactors that are needed for nuclear fusion. First they have to be able to withstand temperatures

in excess of 200 million degree’s Celsius In order for this to be achieved one of two different

solutions are viable Magnetic confinement-Holding the material away from

the walls through the use of magnets or Inertial confinement – shooting lasers into the material

in order to stop the reaction and to maintain it at the rate that is necessary to preclude it from growing to large and touching the walls of the containment

Current Fusion reactor

How the ITER generates a magnetic field.

Polywell Nuclear Reactor

Sizing of a Polywell

One more Strange but interesting side note

Conclusion Nuclear fusion Utilizing Hydrogen Boron

fuel is the way of the future. No carbon dioxide emitted to the plant No radioactive waste that needs to be

disposed of No toxic gas produced from tritium