In reply to [email protected]'s message of Sun, 29 Jan 2017 09:10:33 +1100: Hi, [snip] >Solution:- Give the cylindrical reactor I mentioned earlier a thick end cap >made >of the same actinide as the blanket, and pass the incoming muon stream through >the end cap before it reaches the D-T mixture. The thickness of the end cap >would be determined by the starting energy of the muons. It should be just >thick >enough to slow the muons down to the point where they can be captured by D or T >and catalyze the fusion reaction. [snip]
BTW, if Axil's suggestion of a liquid salt blanket is used, then the thickness of the end cap can be easily adjusted by varying the depth of the liquid salt. (assuming a vertical cylinder, with a horizontal end cap). This could even be used as an additional means of regulating the power output. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
