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We present two new ideas creating the possibility for the developing of a muon fusion-fission reactor concept. The first idea is to combine the target, the converter of pions into muons, and the synthesizer into one (the synergetic concept). This is accomplished by injecting a tritium or deuterium beam of 1 GeV/nucleon into the DT fuel contained in a magnetic mirror. The confined pions slow down and decay into muons, which are confined in the fuel with little muon losses. The second idea is that the beam passing through the target is collected for reuse and recirculated, while the strongly interacted portion of the beam is directed to electronuclear blankets. The present concepts are based on possible available technologies and on known physical processes and data.
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Eliezer, S., Tajima, T., Rosenbluth, N.M. (1986). High Intensity Particle Beams for a Muon-Catalyzed Fusion-Fission Reactor. In: Hora, H., Miley, G.H. (eds) Laser Interaction and Related Plasma Phenomena. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-7335-7_45
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