Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 2 / Number 1 / January 1982 / Pages 9-28
Overview / dx.doi.org/10.13182/FST2-1-9
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The evaluation of nuclear fusion fuels for a magnetic fusion economy must take into account the various technological impacts of the various fusion fuel cycles as well as the relative reactivity and the required betas, temperatures, and confinement times necessary for economic steady-state burns. The physics of the various fuel cycles [deuterium-tritium, catalyzed deuterium-deuterium (D-D), D-3He, D-6Li, and the exotic fuels: 3He-3He and the proton-based fuels ρ-6Li, ρ-9Be, and ρ-11B] is reviewed. Topics considered include