The Promise of Tritium Catalyzed Deuterium Tokamaksa
Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 8 / Number 1P2A / July 1985 / Pages 573-578
Alternative Fuel / Proceedings of the Sixth Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy (San Francisco, California, March 3-7, 1985) / dx.doi.org/10.13182/FST85-A40100
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The promise of the tritium catalyzed deuterium (TCD) fuel cycle for power-generating or fuel-producing tokamaks is assessed. If ignitable, TCD power reactors can be significantly more economical than Cat-D reactors; the higher the fraction of the 3He recovered from the plasma, the more economical the TCD reactor can be. The fissile fuel production ability of TCD fusion breeders can be double that of D-T fusion breeders.
