Abstract
Most of energy resources on the earth are originated from energy given by the sun in which all energy is produced by nuclear fusion reactions. To build a small sun or to realize controlled fusion as an energy source on the earth has been a dream of human being. Owing to extensive research and development, the fusion reaction of Deuterium (D) and Tritium (T) soon comes in burning phase. Nevertheless, to realize a D–T fusion reactor as an energy source, lots of engineering issues still remain to be solved. Among all, T-relating issues are quite important, because T is hazardous due to its radioactivity and its resources are quite limited. In this chapter, after the introduction of nuclear fusion reactions, issues relating T to establish the D–T reactor as an energy source are summarized.
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“Hydrogen” generally represents all hydrogen isotopes which are referred as protium (H), deuterium (D) and tritium (T), and proton (p), deuteron (d) and triton (t) for respective ions.
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Tanabe, T. (2017). Introduction of a Nuclear Fusion Reactor. In: Tanabe, T. (eds) Tritium: Fuel of Fusion Reactors . Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-56460-7_1
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