Boron fuel shows fusion promise.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Source
- Science; 3/3/2023, Vol. 379 Issue 6635, p863-863, 1/5p
- Subject
- Neutrons
Power plants
Chemical reactors
- Language
- ISSN
- 00368075
The article informs that researchers have achieved fusion in a reactor using an alternative fuel mixture that generates no hazardous neutrons, but requires a temperature of 3 billion degrees Celsius; this breakthrough has the potential to make fusion power plants safer and easier to operate.