In reply to Jones Beene's message of Sat, 21 Jan 2023 18:24:58 +0000 (UTC): Hi, [snip]
There would be some, because the D+D -> T + p reaction would also occasionally be followed by T + D -> He4 + n (fast). > >Is this early April fools from NASA? One of many big problems is that although >lattice fusion reportedly can produce a small flux of neutrons, they are not >fast neutrons... far from it. > >Fast fission requires very fast neutrons - typically about 1 MeV. Unless of >course there has been a breakthrough which I've missed. >There doesn't appear to be a direct reference online for "Lattice Confinement >Fusion - Fast Fission" >Does anyone have such a reference? > > > H L V <hveeder...@gmail.com> wrote: >Accessing Icy World Oceans Using Lattice Confinement Fusion Fast Fission >https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/niac/2023/Accessing_Icy_World_Oceans/ > >quote >Icy World researchers have proposed using a nuclear powered, heated probe. >However, rather than require either the plutonium-238 radioisotope heat source >or an enriched uranium-235 fission reactor, with significant launch safety >costs, we propose making use of the recent Lattice Confinement Fusion source >used to efficiently fast-fission either depleted uranium or thorium in a >molten lithium matrix. The resulting hybrid fusion fast fission nuclear >reactor will be smaller than a traditional fission reactor where a lower mass >power source is needed and provide efficient operation with thermal waste heat >from reactor heats probe to melt through ice shelf to sub-ice oceans. Cloud storage:- Unsafe, Slow, Expensive ...pick any three.
