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 news from Tri-Alpha is the discovery
of two high-energy α-particles (alphas) – that will have a huge
impact on pB11 fueled reactor designs because the alphas are
much easier to extract and convert more efficiently into
electricity. This is quite significant news and powerful
information that may apply to the other two leading pB11 fueled
efforts, the Lerner Focus Fusion effort and the Bussard Wiffle
Ball work. At Tri-Alpha the work hinges on whether or not the
reaction confinement will work at