Deuterium-Helium-3 Fusion

Deuterium-Helium-3 Fusion
Research Cost: 75000
Summary
A largely aneutronic fusion means more lightweight reactors for our spacecraft.
Description
If we wish to stand equal to other star-faring races, we must continue to overcome the limitations of our current technology. One of the foremost such limitations has, for the longest time, been the amount of radioactive material created by our reactors. But now, building upon our knowledge of advanced electromagnetic fields and deuterium-tritium fusion reactors, we have finally overcome this problem. Unlike our prior fusion reactors, the deuterium-helium-3 fusion process does not produce neutron radiation. Its lone high-energy reaction product, a proton, can be easily captured by our electric and magnetic fields, enabling us to harness its momentum with solid energy collectors. By moving away from heating water and creating steam to run turbines, this new reactor technology can reach unprecedented efficiency - and in turn power a new generation of spaceships and habitats, faster and larger (respectively) than before. Even this breakthrough is a mere stepping stone towards our ultimate goal: truly harnessing the power of the sun. The next era of fusion reactors will use protons as their fuels, freeing us from the constant struggle to harvest deuterium.
Full List of Prerequisites. Name Type Cost Deuterium-Tritium Fusion 50000 High-Energy Lasers 1000 High-Temperature Superconductors 40000 Advanced Electromagnetism 1000 Photonic Computing 1500 Neutronics 15000 Advanced Carbon Manipulation 1000 Nuclear Fusion Methodologies 50000 Superalloys 5000 Advanced Atomic Manipulation 10000 Deuterium-Deuterium Fusion 75000 Advanced Heat Management Concepts 2500 Advanced Neural Networks 5000 Carbon Nanotubes 3500 Particle Beams 5000 Vacuum Electrostatic Principles 1000 Mission To Space 250 Deep Space Propulsion Concepts 1000 Advanced Superconductors 3500 Nuclear Fission In Space 2500
Total Research Cost (including itself)
	208000		6500
	0		78000
	0		0
	56250	Total	348750
Direct Prerequisite For
Techs		Projects
Aneutronic Fusion • Terawatt Fusion Reactors • Clean Energy		(100%)Mirror Cell Fusion Reactor III • (100%)Hybrid Confinement Fusion Reactor III • (100%)Inertial Confinement Fusion Reactor III • (100%)Helium-3 Mine • (100%)Fusion Tokamak III • (100%)Z-Pinch Fusion Reactor III
Effects
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The Economy priority increases per capita GDP in a nation by an additional 2%
Quote
"This is not a war over resources or politics. This is a war to determine the future of humanity. It is imperative that we show them - show anyone - what it really means to fight us." Colonel Hanse Castillo, Humanity First comments at the launch of the Indómita spacecraft
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