aragorn18 t1_j1c3qi2 wrote on December 23, 2022 at 4:58 AM

Reply to comment by ivonshnitzel in How do fusion scientists expect to produce enough Tritium to sustain D-T fusion (see text)? by DanTheTerrible

Isn't there a problem with there not being enough beryllium to make more than a couple of large scale reactors?

Lurker_Since_Forever t1_j1d5zib wrote on December 23, 2022 at 12:44 PM

This right here is why I don't know of any start ups making large tokamaks, and are instead doing something like liquid cooling with liquid zinc or direct capture with magnets.