De85 on 04 April 2010
| Soleron said: Tritium is one of many ways to do fusion. There are actually more favourable methods that produce fewer neutrons (good) but they require even higher ignition temperatures. Fuel sourcing isn't the problem; containment is. The victory here will be for materials science. |
That's not even the last hurdle either. ITER should be sufficiently large/powerful to achieve scientific break-even, but economic break-even will be even further down the line, probably not before most of us are retired...
