Tritium Breeding
Fusion reactions in ITER are fueled by tritium and deuterium. Tritum resources are extremely limited, currently estimated at twenty kilos. Lithium can be used as a solid breeder material of tritium in the blanket of fusion reactions in ITER. Tritium is produced by the neutrons leaving the plasma and interacting with lithium in the blanket. Li2TiO3 is used as a tritium breeding material because it has high tritium release, low activation, and chemical stability.
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