The Technology Stack
Fuel-Cycle Technology
Breeding, extracting and recycling fuel — the technology that makes the plant self-sufficient.
- Tritium
- 4.0 kg/yr
- He-3
- 1.97 kg/yr
The breeder's fuel-cycle technology breeds 4.0 kg/yr of tritium at TBR 1.8, extracts and purifies it with permeation control and accountancy, and co-produces 1.97 kg/yr of helium-3 for the burner. It is a licensing-relevant technology treated as a named gate.
Common questions
What is fuel-cycle technology?
The systems that breed, extract, purify, account for and re-inject tritium in the breeder — a closed loop running at breeding ratio 1.8. It is unique to the D–T machine.
Why is it singled out?
Because tritium is the breeder's one genuinely radioactive material, its handling is both a product enabler and a licensing-relevant safety system.
