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Lunar Helium-3 and Fusion PowerThe NASA Office of Exploration sponsored the NASA Lunar Helium-3 and Fusion Power Workshop. The meeting was held to understand the potential of using He-3 from the moon for terrestrial fusion power production. It provided an overview, two parallel working sessions, a review of sessions, and discussions. The lunar mining session concluded that mining, beneficiation, separation, and return of He-3 from the moon would be possible but that a large scale operation and improved technology is required. The fusion power session concluded that: (1) that He-3 offers significant, possibly compelling, advantages over fusion of tritium, principally increased reactor life, reduced radioactive wastes, and high efficiency conversion, (2) that detailed assessment of the potential of the D/He-3 fuel cycle requires more information, and (3) D/He-3 fusion may be best for commercial purposes, although D/T fusion is more near term.
Document ID
19890005471
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Proceedings
Date Acquired
September 5, 2013
Publication Date
September 1, 1988
Subject Category
Plasma Physics
Report/Patent Number
NAS 1.55:10018
NASA-CP-10018
E-4254
Accession Number
89N14842
Funding Number(s)
PROJECT: RTOP 195-42-60
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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