ITER – A tiny bit of fission in the giant fusion machine
ITER Newsline – A tiny bit of fission in the giant fusion machine
By Robert Arnoux | 02 April 2012
Counting the number of neutrons produced by fusion reactions inside a burning plasma gives a precise indication of how much fusion power is being generated.
But how do you count neutrons?
Previously, fusion installations such as TFTR in the US, JET in Europe and JT-60 in Japan have relied on a device based on the physics of fission: the fission chamber.
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