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Comment by WorkLobster

> you would need 100% efficiency to be able to breed your own tritium

How so? As I understand it, the breeding reaction is exothermic (Li-6 + n -> He-4 + T) so all you need are neutrons, for which (as someone pointed out to me two years ago[1]) neutron multipliers would be used.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32224650

parent WorkLobster 2 years ago

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