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Solid breeder

solid breeder

(Science: radiobiology) solid lithium-bearing compounds, usually ceramics such as Li2O and LiAlO2, which might be used in the blanket of a D-T fusion reactor to produce (breed) additional tritium fuel from the n _ li = He _ T (_n) reactions.


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