Fusion is neutron rich and energy poor. Fission is energy rich and neutron poor. This is why L.I.F.E. was invented.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_fusion-fission_hybrid In the LIFE project at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory LLNL<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LLNL>, using technology developed at the National Ignition Facility<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Ignition_Facility>, the goal is to use fuel pellets<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inertial_confinement_fusion#ICF_mechanism_of_action>of deuterium <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deuterium> and tritium<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tritium>surrounded by a fissionable blanket to produce energy sufficiently greater than the input (laser <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser>) energy for electrical power generation. The principle involved is to induce inertial confinement fusion<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inertial_confinement_fusion>(ICF) in the fuel pellet which acts as a highly concentrated point source of neutrons <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutron> which in turn converts and fissions the outer fissionable blanket. In parallel with the ICF approach, the University of Texas<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Texas>at Austin is developing a system based on the tokamak <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokamak> fusion reactor, optimising for nuclear waste disposal versus power generation. The principles behind using either ICF or tokamak reactors as a neutron source are essentially the same (the primary difference being that ICF is essentially a point-source of neutrons while Tokamaks are more diffuse toroidal sources). and so on... This technology like all fusion reactors has no hope or future because it produces neutrons; a huge political and proliferation liability. On Sun, Oct 20, 2013 at 11:59 PM, Mark Gibbs <[email protected]> wrote: > Comment: > Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory this month achieved a positive net > energy yield from hot fusion. See: > > https://lasers.llnl.gov/newsroom/project_status/index.php > > National Ignition Facility. > > They still have much work to do to make it an economic power source. > >
