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Question by richard schumacher
Submitted on 8/19/2003
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Muon catalyzed fusion has been considered impractical because muon production in accelerators is too expensive, and the muon lifetime is too short. Is it feasible to produce muons at a sufficient rate from fission reactions occurring in fissile material mixed with the fusion fuel? The combined fission-fusion plasma would be at a much lower temperature than a pure fusion plasma (allowing easier confinement), and the rate of neutron production could be much lower than in pure fission reactions.

Answer by goodfuture-antinwo
Submitted on 5/7/2004
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worth investigating,thorium@lithium deuteride,tritium fuels?fuels?lenses, e/v'smoderators? plasma temps desired for what end product? magnetic vortice/electrical control of energy level like tokamak

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