Neutronics
Tracking where fusion neutrons go — to breed, heat, damage or be shielded.
- Tracks
- Neutron fate & energy
Neutronics follows fusion neutrons through the blanket and shield: how many breed tritium, how much energy they deposit as heat, how much damage they do, and how well the magnets are shielded. It ties the plasma's 70.7 MW of neutron power to breeding ratio, heat and component life.
It is central to blanket and shield design on the neutron-rich breeder.
Common questions
The study of how fusion neutrons travel, breed tritium, deposit heat and damage materials. It is the breeder's central discipline, driving the blanket, shielding and the 1.97 MW/m2 first-wall load.
Kronos's public figures come from reduced-order engines; full Monte-Carlo (MCNP-class) neutronics is named as detailed-design work on the path to build, not claimed as already complete.