Apparently, using aligned spin between tritium and deuterium reduces the required amount of tritium by 20%. This does not make fusion power more likely but does relax the amount of tritium needed. Nice minor discovery that in no way changes the basic problem: magnetic confinement of a plasma to create energy from fusion is just far too expensive to ever make the process economical.
In any case, see: https://phys.org/news/2024-11-aligning- ... fuels.html
Less Tritium For Fusion Required using Spin
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Less Tritium For Fusion Required using Spin
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