Neutron-Catalyzed Fusion
Author: George C Sponsler
Requested Type: Poster Only
Submitted: 2007-02-10 15:32:18
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Abstract Text:
In neutron-catalyzed fusion a primary beam of deuterons bombards a palladium target saturated with thermal deuterons. Some of the beam deuterons pickup one or another of the Pd nuclei valence neutrons, forming tritons of large nuclear radii reflecting the stripped neutrons’ angular momenta (l=1). Some of these tritons will subsequently collide and fuse with some of the thermal deuterons with a comparatively high probability reflecting their enlarged nuclear radii and corresponding collision cross sections. By stacking consecutive stages of identical palladium targets it should be possible to attain an arbitrarily high overall cumulative fusion probability, limited only by the feasible number of Pd stages. The process could be employed for practical power generation, using conventional motor-generator sets and employing the Pd targets’ heavy-water coolant fluid to transport the fusion-generated heat.
(Prof. Carroll Alley, Univ of Maryland, will present the paper on behalf of Dr George Sponsler)
Characterization: D
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