Nature Communications (Feb 2023)

First measurements of p11B fusion in a magnetically confined plasma

  • R. M. Magee,
  • K. Ogawa,
  • T. Tajima,
  • I. Allfrey,
  • H. Gota,
  • P. McCarroll,
  • S. Ohdachi,
  • M. Isobe,
  • S. Kamio,
  • V. Klumper,
  • H. Nuga,
  • M. Shoji,
  • S. Ziaei,
  • M. W. Binderbauer,
  • M. Osakabe

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36655-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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The fusion reaction involving proton (p) and boron (11B) has unique advantages over deuterium-tritium (DT) fusion in terms of number of neutrons generated and availability of the fuel components. Here the authors demonstrate the (p,11B) fusion reaction in a magnetically confined plasma at the Large Helical Device.