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Thursday, November 1, 2012

Boron: A New Nuclear Fuel Which Holds Far More Energy than Originally Thought

Boron: A New Nuclear Fuel Which Holds Far More Energy than Originally Thought

Tri-Alpha Energy has allowed a bit of its research out into the world with a 79 page pdf document rich in background, results of the efforts early research, and a surprise about how the potential fuel, Boron (pB11) would react in a fusion reaction.  Hat tip to Brian Wang’s Next Big Future.Tri-Alpha’s position is, “We want to know the energy and location of every outgoing alpha particle.”  This is important because in a pB11 reaction the harvest is high energy Helium that can be used to directly generate electricity.The…Read more...

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