Inertial Confinement Fusion

Inertial Confinement Fusion
Research Cost: 65000
Summary
Physicists ignite self-sustaining fusion reactions by using directed energy to compress nuclear fuel.
Description
By applying energy evenly across the surface of its fuel pellet, high-energy lasers force the outer layer of the fuel to explode, meet its resistance, and reverse its direction inwards. The resultant compression shock waves compress the fuel to the point of creating a fusion reaction. Interestingly, our biggest strides in this field were not in the reaction itself, but in adapting materials to contain the fusion reaction over the long term. Changes in heat-dissipation techniques, as well as innovative means to dispose of radioactive neutrons, have made inertial confinement fusion a viable option for keeping up with the ever-increasing energy demands of a spacefaring species.
Full List of Prerequisites. Name Type Cost High-Energy Lasers 1000 Advanced Electromagnetism 1000 Photonic Computing 1500 Arc Lasers 25000 Deep Space Propulsion Concepts 1000 Advanced Carbon Manipulation 1000 Nuclear Fusion Methodologies 50000 Carbon Nanotubes 3500 Advanced Atomic Manipulation 10000 Directed Energy Warfare Doctrine 2500 Advanced Superconductors 3500 Nuclear Fission In Space 2500 Advanced Heat Management Concepts 2500 Orbital Shipbuilding 1000 Mission To Space 250 Supercapacitors 10000 Principles of Space Warfare 1000 Infrared Combat Lasers 5000
Total Research Cost (including itself)
	92000		1500
	0		29000
	8500		0
	56250	Total	187250
Direct Prerequisite For
Techs		Projects
		(100%)Hybrid Confinement Fusion Reactor III • (100%)Inertial Confinement Fusion Reactor I
Quote
"Yes, it's true that this technology could be a godsend, but from Nobel to Oppenheimer, history teaches us that unchecked human instinct will cause even the most well-intended concept to go disastrously awry." Commissioner Kiran Banerjee, The Protectorate Oral argument at the U.N. Ethical Proliferation of Technology summit
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