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		ncmncm on Sept 8, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Korean nuclear fusion reactor achieves 100M°C for ... Molten lithium would interfere with your magnetic containment. You need a diamagnetic like LiH. Extracting tritium from a thousand tons of radioactivated lithium hydroxide at PPB concentration is left as an exercise for the ambitious reader. Good luck.

ncmncm on Sept 8, 2022 [–]

(Lithium hydride, not hydroxide.)

Other neutron absorbers are contemplated, but extracting tritium from them on PPB concentration is no easier.

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