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Ion Temperature

Tritium production rate in the blanket — OpenMC / TMAP8.
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How hot the fuel ions are; the temperature that drives fusion reactions.

Glossary of Fusion & Plasma TermsUpdated 2026-08-11

Fusion rate depends on the ion temperature, since it is the ions that fuse. HYPERION runs at an ion temperature of 15 keV; the D–³He burner far hotter, around 90 keV, because its fuel demands it.

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