The Problem with Nuclear Fusion
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References:
[1] https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1016/j.mre.2016.07.001#:~:text=In%20the%20tokamak%2C%20the%20rotational,by%20external%20non%2Daxisymmetric%20coils.
[2]
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/Astro/procyc.html
[3] http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/NucEne/fusion.html
[4] https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/current-and-future-generation/nuclear-fusion-power.aspx#:~:text=Each%20D%2DT%20fusion%20event%20releases,4%20MeV%20for%20D%2DD%20fusion).&text=On%20a%20mass%20basis%2C%20the,much%20energy%20as%20uranium%20fission.
[5] https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/6867774
[6] https://www.iter.org/sci/FusionFuels#:~:text=Tritium%20is%20a%20fast%2Ddecaying,blanket%20wall%20of%20the%20tokamak
[7] https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10894-018-0182-1
[8] https://www.iter.org/sci/MakingitWork#:~:text=The%20neutrons%20will%20be%20absorbed,eventually%20dispersed%20through%20cooling%20towers.
[9] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S092037961630165X
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