In reply to Puppy Dog's message of Thu, 23 Aug 2012 13:21:13 +0300: Hi, [snip] >After fusion in the ball of plasma is completed, the fusion ash and the left >over tritium and deuterium find its way into a diverter that removes it from >the burn chamber. The high energy neutrons produced by fusion fly out in all >directions. It will be these neutrons that will make U233 in the thorium >blanket that will eventually surround the burn chamber. > Surely, if D-T is used, then the neutrons are fast enough to fission U238 directly, and no breeding is needed. That allows you to use the current large stockpile of DU as fuel. Actually just about any heavy element or isotope will serve, allowing you to burn up all the actinide wastes currently in storage too. Regards,
Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
