A Los Alamos collaboration has replicated an important but largely forgotten physics experiment: the first deuterium-tritium ...

The main fuels used in nuclear fusion devises are deuterium and tritium, both heavy isotopes of hydrogen. The Deuterium (D) – Tritium (T) reaction has the largest cross section (in other words, the ...

Furthermore, at the temperature of their maximum cross section, the DD reactions exhibit a largely positive change in Gibbs free energy and, therefore, are not spontaneous. At the temperature of ...

Winterberg compares his Super Marx generator pure deuterium micro-detonation ignition concept to the Lawrence Livermore National Ignition Facility (NIF) Laser DT fusion-fission hybrid concept (LiFE).

A new method to increase fusion-fuel efficiency would involve aligning the quantum spin of deuterium and tritium and changing the mix of the two fuels. The approach could boost tritium-burn ...

Deuterium is used in a number of conventional nuclear reactors in the form of heavy water (D 2 O), and it will probably also be used as fuel in fusion reactors in the future. RELATED TOPICS Matter ...

A mixture of deuterium and tritium – another isotope of hydrogen with two extra neutrons – is planned to be used to fuel future fusion power plants to replicate a “mini sun” on Earth. ITER – the ...

If fusion energy is a must-have for advanced civilizations, evidence of its use could help us find aliens. A new study led by the University of Washington analyzes how deuterium-deuterium (DD ...

A new method to increase fusion-fuel efficiency would involve aligning the quantum spin of deuterium and tritium and changing the mix of the two fuels. The approach could boost tritium-burn ...