Enum: FusionFuelType

Types of nuclear fuel mixtures used in fusion reactions

Permissible Values

Value	Description	Energy Release	Products	Reactants
DEUTERIUM_TRITIUM	Deuterium-tritium (D-T) fuel, the most studied fusion fuel with the lowest ignition temperature	17.6 MeV	helium-4 + neutron	deuterium + tritium
DEUTERIUM_DEUTERIUM	Deuterium-deuterium (D-D) fuel, avoiding the need for scarce tritium		helium-3 + neutron OR tritium + proton	deuterium + deuterium
DEUTERIUM_HELIUM3	Deuterium-helium-3 (D-He3) fuel, producing fewer neutrons than D-T	18.3 MeV	helium-4 + proton	deuterium + helium-3
PROTON_BORON11	Proton-boron-11 (p-B11) aneutronic fuel producing only charged particles	8.7 MeV	3 helium-4	proton + boron-11

Slots

Name	Description
fusion_fuel_type	Types of fuel mixtures used in fusion reactions

Identifier and Mapping Information

Schema Source

from schema: https://w3id.org/valuesets

LinkML Source

name: FusionFuelType
instantiates:
- valuesets_meta:ValueSetEnumDefinition
description: Types of nuclear fuel mixtures used in fusion reactions
title: Fusion Fuel Type
from_schema: https://w3id.org/valuesets
contributors:
- orcid:0000-0002-6601-2165
- https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code
status: DRAFT
rank: 1000
permissible_values:
  DEUTERIUM_TRITIUM:
    text: DEUTERIUM_TRITIUM
    description: Deuterium-tritium (D-T) fuel, the most studied fusion fuel with the
      lowest ignition temperature
    annotations:
      reactants:
        tag: reactants
        value: deuterium + tritium
      products:
        tag: products
        value: helium-4 + neutron
      energy_release:
        tag: energy_release
        value: 17.6 MeV
  DEUTERIUM_DEUTERIUM:
    text: DEUTERIUM_DEUTERIUM
    description: Deuterium-deuterium (D-D) fuel, avoiding the need for scarce tritium
    annotations:
      reactants:
        tag: reactants
        value: deuterium + deuterium
      products:
        tag: products
        value: helium-3 + neutron OR tritium + proton
  DEUTERIUM_HELIUM3:
    text: DEUTERIUM_HELIUM3
    description: Deuterium-helium-3 (D-He3) fuel, producing fewer neutrons than D-T
    annotations:
      reactants:
        tag: reactants
        value: deuterium + helium-3
      products:
        tag: products
        value: helium-4 + proton
      energy_release:
        tag: energy_release
        value: 18.3 MeV
  PROTON_BORON11:
    text: PROTON_BORON11
    description: Proton-boron-11 (p-B11) aneutronic fuel producing only charged particles
    annotations:
      reactants:
        tag: reactants
        value: proton + boron-11
      products:
        tag: products
        value: 3 helium-4
      energy_release:
        tag: energy_release
        value: 8.7 MeV