Emerging research suggests it may be easier to use fusion as a power source if liquid lithium is applied to the internal walls of the device housing the fusion plasma. Plasma, the fourth state of ...

The UK Atomic Energy Authority's LIBRTI programme has announced a series of significant steps to advance fusion energy ...

UKAEA's Lithium Breeding Tritium Innovation (LIBRTI) programme announces significant steps to fast-track fusion fuel ...

The UK Atomic Energy Authority has announced more funding for the British fusion industry. Its Lithium Breeding Tritium ...

A particle accelerator in Oxfordshire is to rip up atoms to generate a crucial element for nuclear fusion, under plans ...

Lithium, whose silvery-white colour tarnishes on oxidation when exposed to air, is the most electropositive metal (−3.04 V versus a standard hydrogen electode), the lightest (M = 6.94 g mol −1 ...

UKAEA to invest £200m in its Lithium Breeding Tritium Innovation (LIBRTI) programme to advance the development of fusion fuel ...

But ramping up the production of tritium, which is usually produced from lithium, will prove far more difficult. A single fusion reactor will need hundreds of grams to one kilogram (2.2 lbs.) ...

There are no CO 2 or other harmful atmospheric emissions from the fusion process, which means that fusion does not contribute to greenhouse gas emissions or global warming. Its two sources of fuel, ...

Lancaster University has been awarded £713,000 in a collaboration to develop breeder materials for fusion energy.

Demand for lithium increased after World War II because of its role in the production of tritium, which was used as a solid fuel in nuclear fusion weapons. Lithium was later used to lower the ...