Abstract
The study examines the influence of fission neutrons coming from the blanket of a thermonuclear installation into plasma which can enhance fusion reactions, including the reproduction of tritium through the 3He(n,p)T reaction.
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The authors thank the head of the research laboratory, associate professor Yu.M. Gasparyan and senior researcher S.A. Krat for assistance in presenting the material of the paper at the VIII Conference “Laser and Plasma Research and Technologies” (LaPlas2022) of the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI.
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Shmelev, A.N., Geraskin, N.I., Apse, V.A. et al. Thermonuclear Plasma Model with Bound Ions and Neutron Catalysis of Fusion Reactions. Phys. Atom. Nuclei 85, 1961–1965 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1134/S106377882210057X
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