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ChipotleMayoFusion t1_iywmfex wrote

Reply to comment by treefor_js in Why not use hydrogen and deuterium in fusion reaction rather than tritium and deuterium? by Curious_user4445

Ok, thanks for the clarification. Maybe I misunderstood what his post was getting at. I have heard that proton-Boron is basically impossible because the brems losses at the temperature where reactivity is sufficient will always be higher, or almost always higher. I think this is what you are saying, you can't just focus on the temperature. Sam Wurzel had a great talk on this at APS 2021, clarifying Qeng vs Qsci and how that changes depending on your recirculating power fraction and other factors.

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treefor_js t1_iywn305 wrote

Oh nice. I didn't get a chance to go to that one. Came down with a stomach bug for a day or two in Pittsburgh. Also wish I had time to go to the commercial fusion breakout this year, but alas. There's always next year.

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ChipotleMayoFusion t1_iywnxfg wrote

I'm glad you were able to attend at all, a lot of the US national labs people were not there due to COVID travel rules.

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treefor_js t1_iywoopg wrote

I sat in on one of the MagLIF sessions and I think there was one live talk with like 10 recorded ones. It was a weird conference. Basically just networked with university folks. So much better turn out this year with national lab folks returning.

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