about D-³He fusion ³He (0.82 MeV) and T (1.01 MeV)

[wphu]

Hello,

For D-³He fusion, the D-D reactions produce ³He (0.82 MeV) and T (1.01 MeV). Does the PROCESS code take into account the D-³He (0.82 MeV) and D-T (1.01 MeV) reactions? Could PROCESS provide the impacts of these two reactions on tritium and neutron yields?

Thanks

[chris-ashe]

Hi @wphu

At the moment PROCESS only accounts for 4 main reactions. These 4 reactions can be found here: https://ukaea.github.io/PROCESS/physics-models/fusion_reactions/plasma_reactions/

This is based off our use of the Bosch-Hale formulas for reactivity:
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0029-5515/32/4/I07

We do not currently model the secondary reactions from particles created in-situ

[timothy-nunn]

@wphu thanks for the question, I am going to convert this to a discussion but please do feel free to reply if you have further questions arising from Chris' reply.

Thanks,
Tim