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How much fuel does a fusion plant actually use?
Grams per day — fusion is millions of times more fuel-efficient than combustion.
How much fuel does a fusion plant actually use?
Very little. Because each fusion reaction releases millions of times more energy than a chemical bond, a plant consumes only grams of fuel per day. The breeder even makes its own tritium; deuterium comes from water. Fuel supply is not the constraint fusion faces.
This energy density is why fusion's footprint and fuel logistics are so favourable.