Breeding blanket

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Breeding blanket. 1 connected concept: Deuterium–tritium fusion (related to).

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A breeding blanket is a device used in nuclear engineering to transmute quantities of an element, using the neutron flux from a fission reactor or fusion reactor.

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tritium supply mechanism
Because tritium is rare and radioactive, D-T fusion reactors require a breeding blanket to produce tritium from lithium using the neutrons released by the reaction.
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