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A catalytic regime of tritium and helium-3 in deuterium-deuterium fusion, including ion-electron collisions, mechanical expansion, bremsstrahlung radiation, inverse Compton scattering losses and reacting particles energy effect has been investigated. In this paper a new fuel configuration, DT x 3He y , is formed by adding 3He to DT fuel. According to our calculations this fuel (DTx=0.0112 3Hey=0.0399) has greater energy gain than the fuel (DT x =0.0112) used by Eliezer et al [Eliezer et al, Nucl. Fusion 40, 195 (2000)] and also it does not require external tritium and helium-3 breeding. Furthermore, neutron yields in D-D and D-T reactions are reduced due to the reduced quantity of initial amount of deuterium and tritium.
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Mahdavi, M., Koohrokhi, T. Simultaneous catalytic regime of tritium and helium-3 in D-D fusion without external breeding. Pramana - J Phys 74, 377–390 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12043-010-0034-7
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