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D-D (which they are going for right now) is still 50% neutrons. D-He3 is the only aneutronic reaction, but it has tons of other issues.


As I said, the combined reaction generates 5% of its energy as neutron radiation. The reason it's only 5% is that D-He3 is a much more energetic reaction.

The main issue with D-He3 is that it's more difficult.


That's what I said. But all things equal, D-D is definitely not the best path for direct energy production because of the vast amount of neutrons.




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