CONCEPTS FOR A DEUTERIUM-DEUTERIUM FUSION REACTOR

Surface Reaction Mechanism for Deuterium-deuterium Fusion with Gas/solid- State Fusion Device

Recent highly reproducible results of tritium production by deuterium-deuterium (D-D) fusion from gas/solid-state fusion experiments are discussed in terms of a surface fusion mechanism. Theoretical criteria and experimental conditions for improving and optimizing D-D fusion rates in a gas/solid-state fusion device are described. It is shown that the surface fusion mechanism also provides a pla...

First Measurements of Deuterium-Tritium and Deuterium-Deuterium Fusion Reaction Yields in Ignition-Scalable Direct-Drive Implosions.

The deuterium-tritium (D-T) and deuterium-deuterium neutron yield ratio in cryogenic inertial confinement fusion (ICF) experiments is used to examine multifluid effects, traditionally not included in ICF modeling. This ratio has been measured for ignition-scalable direct-drive cryogenic DT implosions at the Omega Laser Facility [T. R. Boehly et al., Opt. Commun. 133, 495 (1997)OPCOB80030-401810...

Electron Clusters - Possible Deuterium Fusion Catalysers

Simple calculations concerning the behaviour of the deuterons trapped in an electron cluster are presented. The kinetic energy achieved by a deuteron accelerated from the edge to the center of an electron cluster is sufficient for the coulomb barrier to be penetrated in the traditionally known manner. The results are discussed in connection with the published experimental data concerning the im...

Electrochemically induced nuclear fusion of deuterium

The overall reaction path of D2 evolution consists of steps (i) and (ii) [2] so that the chemical potential of dissolved D is normally determined by the relative rates of these two steps. The establishment of negative overpotentials on the outgoing interface of palladium membrane electrodes for hydrogen discharge at the ingoing interface [3] [determined by the balance of all the steps (i) to (i...

A New Interpretation of Alpha- Particle-Driven Instabilities in Deuterium-Tritium Experiments on the Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor . A New Interpretation of Alpha- Particle-Driven Instabilities in Deuterium-Tritium Experiments on the Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor