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Nuclear Fusion Reactors

Nuclear Fusion Reactors. Advantages of Fusion. They use abundant sources of fuel (not limited to a single type) Don’t leak radiation above normal background levels Produce less waste than fission reactors.

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Nuclear Fusion Reactors

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  1. Nuclear Fusion Reactors

  2. Advantages of Fusion • They use abundant sources of fuel (not limited to a single type) • Don’t leak radiation above normal background levels • Produce less waste than fission reactors. • Although this technology isn’t in working practice yet the reactors aren’t very far away. • The consortium from U.S, Russia, Europe, and Japan are even planning on building one in Cadarache, France.

  3. Fission and Fusion • Fission is currently the only type of reactions used to create power. • This occurs by splitting one atom in to two atoms. • This creates large amounts of energy however radioactive waste is created as well. • Fusion is the process of creating energy by combining two atoms in to a single atom. • This same type of energy formation is found in Hydrogen bombs and the sun.

  4. Types of Fusion Reactions • There are several types of Fusion reactions, each of which creates compiles with the one beneath it to create more energy in a ‘Proton-proton’ chain. • 1) Two pairs of protons form to make two deuterium atoms. • 2) Each deuterium atom combines with a proton to from helium-3 atom. • 3) Two helium-3 atoms combine to form beryllium-6. • 4) Beryllium-6 decays in to 2 helium-4 atoms.

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