Lithium

Fusion

Light metal used to breed tritium.

Lithium, especially isotope lithium-6, can produce tritium when it absorbs neutrons, which is why fusion blankets contain lithium compounds.

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Fusion Fuel

All light elements and their isotopes could be used as a fusion fuel, but when talking about the use of nuclear fusion as source of energy and electricity, some types of fuel are more suitable than others.

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Tritium breeding

Making tritium from lithium in a fusion blanket.